Lot 198: Jules Vernet (1792-1843 Paris)

Portrait of Louis Joseph de Rouvrey, half-length, in a black coat and yellow waistcoat signed and dated 'j. Vernet/1833' (lower left) oil on canvas 28 7/8 x 231/2 in. (73.3 x 59.6 cm.) PROVENANCE Given by the sitter to his sister, Mme Bury, n‚e Rouvrey (according to an old inscription on the reverse of the frame).