Jean Alphonse Roehn: portrait of an aristocrat from the Empire Restoration period, oil on canvas signed

French school of the early 19th century, portrait of a romantic young woman. Sitting on a rock, she is dressed in a green dress and an embroidered shawl. She is richly adorned with jewelry: a necklace with a double row of amber beads, a bracelet and a belt adorned with cameos surrounded by gold. She is holding a bouquet of wildflowers with poppies, her straw hat placed next to her is also decorated with fresh flowers. Her face is delicate, with large blue eyes and a dimpled chin. Her antique hairstyle is still very Empire. The painting is presented in its Restoration period frame in gilded wood, on its original canvas. In the lower corner we find Roehn’s signature hidden in the rock. Empire Restoration period around 1810-1820.

Jean Alphonse Roehn (1799-1864) is the son of the painter Adolphe Roehn; he entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris early and became a student of Baron Gros and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He exhibited regularly at the Salon where he won a gold medal in 1827; in the 1834 edition, contemporary of the painter, the Dictionary of artists of the French school in the 19th century by Charles Gabet, tells us that he was "Painter of history, genre, and portraits, 59 rue de Grenelle -St.-Germ., son of Rohen (Adolphe-Eugène-Gabriel), born in Paris in 1799, had Messrs. Gros and Regnault as his masters. His main works exhibited at the M. R. are: In 1822, Joseph explaining dreams. gal. of Versailles).In 1824, The return of the prodigal son; The poor blind man (to Messrs. Sazeac and Duval); A mother breastfeeding her child (to Mr. Moyon); The declaration (to Mr. Masson); The lesson (to Mr. the Count of Embin); ; The portrait of Charles de Cypierre); The aftermath of the war (M. Spronk), etc. Mr. Alphonse Roëhn obtained a gold medal in 1827, another in Douai in 1829. He is a drawing professor at the Louis-le-Grand college and runs a student workshop at his home."

Beautiful amateur portrait, very evocative of the refined atmosphere of the aristocracy at the end of the Empire and the beginning of the Restoration. An ideal piece to complete a collection of neoclassical furniture from the early 19th century.

It is in excellent condition: cleaned painting, on its original canvas without repainting, in its period frame gilded with gold leaf and restored by our gilder.

Turquin cabinet expertise label on the back.

Frame: 67.4cm x 57.7cm
Canvas: 45.5cm x 55.5cm

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