LG 36.5" Antique French Oil Painting, 1803 Portrait of Dame Marie-Louise Boucher tantalus Rare vintage eglomise souvenir casket

Rare vintage eglomise souvenir casket

For anyone who follows the decorating style of Tulsa's Charles Faudree (and I do

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running from inkwell to inkwell where the center handle is attached

most notable is that the lower portion of his left leg is missing and there is a glue repair to where the front wood panel was joined to the rest of the piece before carving (you can see the joint extending across the hollow)

LG 36.5" Antique French Oil Painting, 1803 Portrait of Dame Marie-Louise Boucher tantalus Rare vintage eglomise souvenir casketA huge oil painting, painted and dated 1803, and attributed to the "school of David (Jacques Louis DAVID), Napoleon's favorite court painter. This means it is done by those studying with and or working under that famed artist. The painting is identified as Mme Marie Louise Boucher (or perhaps Bouchet), Dame Boutron, and has the added charm of her holding up a paper upon which is noted that it is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of her marriage