Lot #127 - Marie-Ernestine Serret, 1812-1884 (France)

Marie-Ernestine Serret, 1812-1884 (France)

Estimate: 1 400 - 2 800 £

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Lot Description

Marie-Ernestine Serret (1812-1884). Young Girl in Blue Dress, 1847. Pastel on canvas, size 45 x 39 cm (17 3/4 x 15 1/3 inches). Frame dimensions 60 x 54 cm (23 2/3 x 21 1/4 inches). Signed and dated on the right. (Marie-Ernestine Serret was a French painter and pastellist. Born in Paris, on 12 September 1812, she exhibited her work under her maiden name, Serret, although later she did so using her married name, Cabart. She was a pupil of artist Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (who was a student of famed portraitist Vigée Le Brun). Serret worked in pastels and oils and her subjects ranged from portraits and still lifes to religious scenes. Between 1834 and 1849, several of her portraits and studies were shown including Meditation, Jewess, Italian Woman, Carmelite Nun and Christ at the House of Simon.[1] She also participated in the 8th annual exhibition of the Museum of Rouen in 1840. In 1884, she died in Paris and was buried in the cemetery of La Glacerie in Manche, northwestern France.)