Philippe-Auguste HENNEQUIN (Lyon 1762 - Leuze-en-Hainaut 1833), Portrait of Madame Barbet de Jouy. Canvas. Original gilded molded wood frame. Height: 65 cm. Width : 54,5 cm. Old restorations Old label on reverse 'Madame Arnaud Tizon, wife of Just Barbet, sister of Amélie Arnaud Trion, wife of Pierer Vittet, mother ...'. Hennequin's political activities linked him to Louis Vitet, physician and mayor of Lyon, whose portrait he painted and who was the father of Jean Vitet, husband of the model's sister. Victoire Claudine Arnaud-Tizon (1786-1834), wife of Jacques Juste Barbet de Jouy (1787-1864), sister of Amélie Arnaud-Tizon (1785-?), wife of Pierre Jean Vitet (1772-?), mother of Amélie Vitet (1822-189, wife of Eugène Aubry (1805-1870). Expert: Cabinet Turquin - Mr. Stéphane Pinta

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