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DUCASTIN Alexis-Pierre (1813-?) - Lot 45
DUCASTIN Alexis-Pierre (1813-?) The Unexpected Visit. Oil on panel. Trace of signature lower left. (frame damaged) 33 x 24.5 cm (frame: 46.5 x 38.5 cm) Note: Alexis-Pierre DUCASTIN is described in the Bénézit as a "portrait and genre painter" from 1834 to 1849. He is also known to have assisted Henry SCHEFFER (1798-1862), Louis-Philippe's painter, with the history painting "Bataille de Montmirail-11 février 1814", delivered in 1835 for the Château de Versailles. In 1858 and 1860, the French government also commissioned two copies of Napoleon III's half-body portrait after WINTERHALTER (CNAP collection: inventory no. FNAC PFH-3920 and FNAC FH 860-84).
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