The Generosity of the Duchess of Angoulème
by HAUDEBOURT-LESCOT, Hortense, Oil on canvas, 51 x 42 cm
Haudebourt-Lescot continued the tradition of Boilly and Marguerite Gerard, painting intimate genre scenes with a high degree of finish. In the present painting, the Duchess of Angoul�me gives a young girl a purse as a dowry, her proud father, a veteran of the Napoleonic wars, stands proudly looking on, some villagers can be seen looking at the scene through the cottage window.
The painter was patronized by the Duchess of Berry, sister-in-law of the Duchess of Angoul�me.