Jacques MARTIN (1844-1919) Under the Shade or... Lot 28

Jacques MARTIN (1844-1919) Under the Shade or Madame Louis Martin, née Françoise Aujas, sister-in-law of the painter, circa 1907 Oil on canvas 180 x 115 cm Exhibition: Very probably Salon de la Société des Artistes Lyonnais, 1907 (n°6) Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Portraitistes Lyonnais 1800-1914, 1986 Bibliography: Collective, Portraitistes Lyonnais 1800-1914, Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 1986, reproduced and described at length on page 196 under n°119, by Étienne Graffe who situates the scene in the garden of Louis Martin, the painter's brother in Fontaine-Saint-Martin