Ernest Joseph Angelon Girard (french, 1813 - 1898) Miniature Portrait Of A Young Sailor

High quality miniature portrait on ivory of a young sailor was executed in 1842 by the French painter and miniature artist Ernest Joseph Angelon Girard (1813 Paris - 1898). He was a pupil of Isabella and Hollier. Debuted at Salon exhibitions in 1835. His miniatures are very rare in the art market, a few of them in the Wallace Collection, London and Brooklin Museum in New York.

Literature: Thieme / Becker “Dictionary of artists from antiquity to the present (in German)”, Lepzig, 1999; in French: "Dictionary of painters, sculptors and decorators" by E.Benezit, Gründ, 1999.
Inscription: signed and dated 1842 on the right edge; on the back - antique inscription about the sitter in French ( in English translation: "made at the age of 24, born in 1818").
Technique: Gouache on ivory, original period wooden frame with the stamp of a frame producer and a noble collector, both on the back of the frame. Dimensions: unframed 6.5 x 8 cm; framed 12.5 x 14.2 cm.
Condition: in very good condition.