Jacques Gustave HAMELIN (Honfleur 1809 - 1895) Study of a Moor's head Two canvases mounted on strong cardboard Signed lower left and lower right "G. Hamelin"; the first bears a trace of inscription on the reverse of the cardboard. Front head study 21.5 x 15.5 cm; Profile head study 19 x 14.5 cm. (Old restorations and missing pieces) A plaster study of a Moor's head is included, as are three exhibition medals from the Académie Royale des Beaux-arts dated 1833, 1861 and 1862, a course inscription and a photograph of Gustave Hamelin.

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