Lot 59: Hippolyte Masson (French, active 1832)

Hippolyte Masson (French, active 1832)
Portrait of Madame de Merville
signed and dated 'Hippolite Masson 1832' and with inscription 'Madame de Marville Veuve de Martin de Merville Conseiller à la Cour de Cassation' (on old labels attached to the backboard)
pencil, watercolour, touches of bodycolour, gum arabic
15¼ x 12 in. (38.5 x 30.5 cm.)

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