31 - Hippolyte BELLANGÉ (Paris 1800–1866)

Hippolyte BELLANGÉ (Paris 1800–1866) Full-length portrait of Antoine Nicolas Besson (1797–1881), Inspector General of Water and Forests Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left: 1823. 145 x 85 cm The subject posed just a few months after his marriage, in November 1822, to Delphine Cornedecerf (1805–1874), with whom he had children who went on to become members of the following families: de Benoist, Bories, Collinet, Deverre, Druet, Erismann, Lefrançois, Moreau, Renard, Sanson, Sauvage… Appraiser: MARTENET ROMBOUT