Jeanne Samson Fichel (French, 1849-1906), The Love Letter

Oil on canvas (lined), signed and dated 1875 at lower left, presented in a period gilt frame.

Stretcher size 24 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 30 x 26 in.

Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York

Jeanne Fichel was a French genre painter. She studied with Eugène Fichel, whom she later married in 1877. She exhibited at the Salon as early as 1869.

The canvas has been cut and laid down;

$1,000 - 3,000