Late 18th-Century French School, Pair Of Companion Portraits square mother and homemaker would have

mother and homemaker would have been particularly vital while her spouse established his business

a woman is standing by a small boat as she chats to a fisherman

September afternoon’ at an auction in 1995

Our reference: BRV2127

Overall size: 16” x 19” / 40cm x 48cm

Late 18th-Century French School, Pair Of Companion Portraits square mother and homemaker would haveThis charming pair of late 18th century French oil paintings depict a smartly attired husband and wife. Produced around 1795, during a time of exceeding tumult, theyre remarkable survivors. The French Revolution, a monumental time of new ideologies, violence, and change, spanned a period from 1789 to the late 1790s. The monarchy was overthrown, the Republic was established, and both King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were publicly executed. Liberty,