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Painting on porcelain representing the virgin By Edouard Fromentin Valenciennes 1899 in a round gilded wooden frame. Diameter 40 cm, porcelain diameter 30.5 cm. Good condition, with signs of wear on the frame, see photos
. Edouard Fromentin was a scholar born in Valenciennes in 1833 and died in 1927. A painter, he was notably: Honorary Secretary of the hospices - Honorary President of the Association of Former Students of the Academies - Member of the Administrative Commission of the Library - Honorary President of the Municipal Academy of Painting Sculpture Architecture Engraving and City Museums - Honorary member of the Society of the Incas. Throughout his life, he maintained very close relationships with the artistic world, relationships that he recorded in 3 main works that he bequeathed to his hometown: L'École Valenciennoise - Men and things of Valenciennes - The streets of Valenciennes . A portrait of Edouard Formentin is present at the Museum of Fine Arts in Valenciennes.
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