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French school of the early 19th century. School...

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French school of the early 19th century. School of Piat SAUVAGE. The First Consul Bonaparte, in profile in the antique style. Oil on canvas (restorations). 74 x 62 cm. Gilt frame with palmettes. Biography : Piat SAUVAGE (1744-1818) He is the first painter of the Prince de Condé and King Louis XVI. He specialized in the imitation of marble and ancient terracotta. His trompe l'oeil imitating antique bas-reliefs adorned the hotels and castles of Paris and its surroundings. He exhibited at the Salon until 1804. He returned to Belgium during the Empire.

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