"Portrait Of A Favorite Dog By Louis Robert Heyrault (french, Active 1840-1880)"
Portrait of the favorite dog by Louis Robert Heyrault (French side, active 1840-1880) Portrait of a fovorite dog was executed in 1859 by Louis Robert Heyrault (active 1840-1880), French painter of animals, genre, horses and portraits. He was born and lived in Paris, studied by Delaroche and Picot. In 1857-1880, he exhibited his works (especially dog portraits and hunting scenes) at the Salon de Paris exhibitions.
Literature: in German: Thieme / Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden KJens tler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; in French: E.Benezit "Dictionary of painters, sculptors, designers and engravers"; Bellier-Auvray, Dict. Gen., I (1882).
Inscription: signed and dated 1859 middle left.
Technique: oil on canvas, period gilt frame.
Measures: 33 x 41 cm, framed 52 x 60 cm.
Condition: in very good condition.