#185

French Oil Painting
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16" (41 cm.) x 12". The oil painting on board depicts an older child in maroon dress with lace collar and sleeves and flowing brunette hair captured by a maroon bow,seating on a carved chair,her left arm resting on a table,and her right arm nestling her beloved black-complexioned doll in red dress with red hair bow. The painting is signed L. Mouillard in upper right corner,and a date which is mostly illegible but may be ̢87 (viz. 1887). Lucien Mouillard,listed in Benezit,exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1870 to 1904. The painting appears in an antique gold- leaf finished wooden frame. Excellent condition. French,late 19th century.