Offered by GSLR Antiques
French School, early 19th century, portrait of a notable or aristocrat during the Restoration period, wearing a black frock coat, white waistcoat, white shirt, and fine white batiste cravat. His hair is styled à la Titus, still fashionable from the Empire period. The man is skillfully painted, with his individual character clearly conveyed and his complexion finely rendered.
Oil on canvas, presented in its beautiful, wide Empire-style giltwood frame, gilded with gold leaf. The portrait is signed Madame Dubasty on the left.
Restoration period, circa 1820.
Madame Dubasty was the wife of Joseph Dubasty, whom specialist sources indicate worked at the Palais-Royal alongside his wife, herself a miniature painter. The Louvre also refers to this information in a notice devoted to another woman painter: Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard specifies that “Mr and Mme Joseph Dubasty” worked together at the Palais-Royal.
Joseph Dubasty is generally recorded as active circa 1808–1842. He was established in the galleries of the Palais-Royal, no. 148, and exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1833 to 1837. His clientele included officers of the Empire and members of the wealthy bourgeoisie during the Restoration.
Joseph Dubasty and his wife used very similar signatures, and it is often only the presence of “Madame” or “Mme,” as on our portrait, that allows the work to be attributed to his wife.
A fine salon portrait, very well executed and presented in a beautiful frame. Ideal for complementing an early 19th century Neoclassical interior.
Very good condition. The painting has been cleaned and retains its original canvas. The gold-leaf frame has been cleaned by our gilder.
Frame: 78.5 × 68.5 cm Canvas: 64.5 × 53.5 cm
