Romantical portrait of a greek lady in the traditional costume created in about 1860 by french listed genre and portrait painter Constant Ernest Tordeux (born in Avesnes before 1830) . The artist worked in Paris and exhibited in Salon de Paris in  1847- 1859.

Literature :  in French: "Dictionary of painters, sculptors and decorators" by E.Benezit, Gründ,1999

Inscription: signed  lower right

Technique: painted in oval , oil on canvas.  Luxuriousy original period  gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 28 3/4" x h 32 3/4" (73 x 83 cm), framed w 39 " x h 43 1/4" (99 x 110 cm)

Condition: very good , no inpaintings, professional clearned ,  original canvas.