28. A. CHEVALLIER. French school around 1800 The Flight to Egypt Pen, ink wash and watercolor gouache Signed lower left in pen on the mount with a letter dedicated to Mlle de St LEONARD and dated April 1810. Frame with palmettes and heart stripes in gilded stucco of the Empire period. On the back label of the house Alphonse GIROUX. 10 x 16,5 cm

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