FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1790 - Presumed portrait of Ignace de Fontainemarie (1773 ? 1869) Rectangular canvas No frame Height : 63 cm Width : 52,5 cm Old restorations Bears recent inscriptions on labels on the reverse of the stretcher "Bears inscriptions on the reverse of the stretcher Ignace de Fontainemarie Born August 15, 1773 in Mauvezin (Lot et Gar) Died May 29, 1869; buried in Loupiac. Loupiac (Son of Blaise and Angélique Duluc) / Volunteered during the Revolution to save his father. Was MAYOR of MAUVEZIN Had married MARIE-FELICITE VILETTE, who also died and was buried in LOUPIAC in July 1870. Parents of the doctor, great-grandfather of MAMITA and TANI".

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