Victor maximilien potain, portrait of marie-adrienne rousseau (born c. 1754), née potain, the artist's sister, half-length, in a red dress with a lace cap, with her daughter rose-marie charlotte (born c. 1785), in a white dress, a pug on her lap, drawing at a desk. Marie-adrienne potain is the artist’s sister and wife of architect pierre rousseau (1751-1829), the young lady, rose-marie-charlotte, is their daughter. Rousseau was a pupil of the architect nicolas-marie potain (1723-1790), the artist’s father, who was prominent in his day. He was among the principal assistants of king louis xv’s chief architect ange-jacques gabriel (1698-1782). Object Type: painting. Date: early 1800s. Dimensions: 36 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (93 x 73 cm.). Medium: oil on canvas.
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