This charming 19th-century portrait depicts a young lady with a distant, lost in time expression. She gazes wistfully into the yonder and wears roses upon her dress. The portrait is signed JB Greuze, which refers to the French painter, Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), but it’s a good later copy. Greuze was celebrated for his sentimental portraiture and melodramatic scenes.

The painting is housed within a beautiful scroll and foliate frame.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Overall size: 21” x 25” / 54cm x 63cm
Year of creation: c. 1870
Condition: Artwork presents well. Fine craquelure but the paint is stable. Frame with some light wear.