Blanc-fontaine Henri (grenoble 1819 - Sassenage 1897)

The violinist Oil canvas with fretted view from the top, signed lower right and dated 53 (?). 54 x 65 cm On the frame, glued paper with old inscriptions in ink: "The violinist, offered in 1866 by the painter Henri Blanc-Fontaine) to Joseph Flandrin and Louise Ricard, his cousins, on the occasion of their marriage in Grenoble on … 1866". (June 13, 1866) Exhibition: Salon de Lyon, 1866, n° 85: The rustic musician The characters represented near the violin player are, seated, Julie Amélie Gruyer (1825-1896) wife of the painter Blanc-Fontaine, near her seated sewing, her younger sister Marie Amélie (1836-1896) and standing behind her, her aunt Amélie Pichat known as Chaboud (1800-1871)