Genre scene in the park with a servant decorating the mistress´s hair with flowers, it was executed in 1844 by important and good listed French genre and oriental painter Paul Émile DESTOUCHES (1794-1874 Paris). Pupil of David, Guerin, Gros and Girodet at the Ecole d. B.-Arts since 1815. Debuted at the Salon de Paris in 1817. Mythological, religious, orientalistic and genre subject. Genre works (as "our") are based on the model of Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Awards: 1819, ´27 Medall of 1st class. After his works were executed etchings by Jean Pierre Marie Jazet, Alexandre Vincent Sixdeniers, Jean Alexandre Allais, Edme Jean Ruhierre; and lithograph by Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry-Lecomte.Works of Destouches are in the museums of Nantes, Cherbourg, Leipzig. Exhibitions: 1817 - 1841 at the Salon de Paris.

Large artist´s biography is in dictionaries by Benezit, Thieme/Becker and in on-line under following link:

http://peintre.destouches.free.fr/index.php?page=biographie

Literature: dictionaries by Benezit, Thieme/Becker and in on-line .

Inscription: signed and dated 1844 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 10" x h 12 5/8" (25,5 x 32 cm); framed w 18 1/4" x h 20 7/8" (46,5 x 53 cm )

Condition: in very good condition.