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Eugène-Emmanuel-Amaury PINEU-DUVAL, known as AMAURY-DUVAL (Montrouge, 1808 – Paris, 1885)
Portrait of two-year-old Maurice Van der Vliet
Charcoal, pastel and white chalk highlights on paper
Dedicated, signed and dated middle right to my friend Mr Van der Vliet / Amaury-Duval / 1849
44 x 34cm
Waxed oak frame
Note: The painter's sister, Emma-Marie Duval, was the wife of Mr. Guyet-Desfontaines, actor then deputy of Vendée. He received in his hotel in the rue d'Anjou then in his house in Marly a company of artists including, among many others, Amaury-Duval (his brother-in-law) and Alfred Van der Vliet (Ghent, 1817 – Paris, 1896). They formed a theater troupe devoted to comedy. Alfred Van der Vliet had married Laure du Veyrier Mélesville and lived in Marly at No. 46 Grande Rue. Our drawing represents the portrait of their son, Maurice Emmanuel Honoré Van der Vliet, then two years old.
Ref: 77TW46V6MT