Etienne Azambre, Saint Cecilia of Rome. Probably late 19th century. Etienne Azambre1859 Paris - 1935 ibid. Oil on canvas. Signed u.r. "A. AZAMBRE". Slight abrasion at margins. Corners somewhat bumped. At lower left corner inconspicuous scratch marks. In the area of the stretcher inconspicuous pressure marks. U.left. a tiny missing part in the painting layer (ca. 2 x 3 mm). U.r.. (in the area of the bottom) a small retouch. Dimensions: 80 x 56 cm. Etienne Azambre 1859 Paris - 1935 ibid. French painter, known for genre representations as well as especially for his religious works. 1879-1882 studies at the Académie Julian then until 1885 attendance of the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. Friendship with the painters Lucien Simon and Georges Desvallières. 1883 -1904 Regular exhibitions at the Salon des Artistes français. 1889 Participated in the annual exhibition of the Art Lovers of the Département Seine-et-Oise at the Château de Versailles.1893 Exhibition at the Musée royal d''Art moderne à Bruxelles.1893 large exhibition of his religious works at the Palais du Champs de Mars.1895 Decorated the dome of the church Sainte Marie-Madeleine in Équennes-Éramecourt with frescoes.1916-1919 Worked on four large frescoes in the Église Saint-Firmin de Senan in Yonne. Azambre was a member of the Société de Saint-Jean. Many of his pious paintings were reproduced for postcards by lithography, intaglio and chromolithography.