Germaine Dawis (1857-1927), An evening in Rome. Oil... Lot 40

Germaine Dawis (1857-1927), An evening in Rome. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. 65.5 x 51.5 cm Bears a label G. Dawis - 1883 Small missing parts on the frame. Eugénie-Marie Gadiffet-Caillard, known as Germaine Dawis, was a student and then a model of the painter Jean-Jacques Henner (1829-1905). She began her career at the Paris Salon in 1877, then joined the Salon des artistes Français in 1883. Jean-Jacques Henner painted her portrait in 1892, which is currently kept in the collection of the Petit Palais in Paris under the inventory number PPP190.