Painting By Jean Henri Cless (1774 - 1812) "woman In A White Dress In An Interior With A Harp"

Jean Henri CLESS Strasbourg, 1774 - 1812, Strasbourg "Woman in a white dress in an interior with a harp" Oil on canvas, 53.5x41cm 1810 Signed lower left Biography: Pupil of Jacques-Louis David, he began to be active around 1800 and exhibited in Paris at the Salons from 1804 to 1808. According to the Thieme-Becker artistic dictionary, he returned to Alsace in 1811, where many private collections hold his works. Cless was also a draftsman and miniaturist. Various works preserved in museums: - The Cabinet of Prints and Drawings preserves six drawings and 3 miniature portraits. - Paris, Carnavalet museum, a drawing [archive] representing An artist's studio in 1804, called "David's studio", Pencil, ink wash and pen, 46.2 × 58.2 cm. About this work see the commentary by Edwart Vignot, published on the website La tribune de l'Art [archive], most likely the drawing from the 1804 salon. - Saverne, museum, Portrait of Maurice Kolb, oil on canvas, 97 by 79, signed and dated 1810. The drawing in the Musée Carnavalet is the artist's best-known work. This drawing was acquired by the museum in 1900 from M. Bernard. In 1982, it was presented during the exhibition: La Révolution française, Le Premier Empire, Dessins du musée Carnavalet, catalog no. top hat, recognizable by the tumor deforming his left cheek. On the wall hangs the Hector painted by David in Rome in 1778. (source: wikipedia) Additional information(s): Good state of conservation. On its original canvas. Shells. Old gilt frame probably original.