Portrait of his wife domenica festa (1805/7- 1881), youngest daughter of the painter felice festa (b. 1763/4), watercolorist and miniaturist painter who exhibited at the paris salons; in france she was known as dominique monvoisin or simply madame monvoisin. The bordeaux painter met her in rome, where he was on a scholarship, and they married in the church of saint louis of the french on march 5, 1825, at the end of monvoisin's stay in the eternal city. They had a daughter, blanche (bianca, blanca), but the marriage suffered from disagreements and festa did not accompany him on his travels through south america. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1827. Dimensions: 53.5 × 29 cm (21 × 11.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Private collection. Monvoisin, Raymond - Domenica Festa -ost 53.5x29 CP f01
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