Émile Friant painted many portraits of his friends in the Nancy School. In 1885, when still a young artist, he elegantly brushed the features of Charles de Meixmoron and his wife.
Émile Friant (1863-1932), L’Ébauche (The Sketch), 1885, oil on panel, 55 x 45 cm. Estimate: €50,000/60,000
Émile Friant (1863-1932), L’Ébauche (The Sketch), 1885, oil on panel, 55 x 45 cm. Estimate: €50,000/60,000
Nearly a generation separated Emile Friant from Charles de Meixmoron, but they maintained a long friendship, to which this painting bears witness. Here the elder put his trust in an artist of only twenty-two to produce a work depicting a certain intimacy. In this double portrait, the…
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