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Oil on canvas depicting a beautiful young woman holding a mirror, a child playing on her shoulder, having fun covering her blond hair with the young woman's jet black hair, and playing with her pearl necklace.
In the background, behind the parapet of a balcony, hollyhocks.
Signed lower right "Ch.Muller"
A student of Coignet and Gros, he was a history painter, genre painter, portraitist and decorator.
.Several medals at the Salons of 1834, 1838, 1846, 1848, and 1855.
He was a member of the admission committee for the Universal Exhibition of 1878
65x50, unframed.
Another version of this painting was sold in London in 2005, but of different dimensions (112x88)
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