Lot 904
Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans (French, 1801-1888, active New Orleans 1836-1856), "Portrait of a Beautiful Woman in a Green Dress, a member of the Beauvais-Decuir family", oil on canvas, signed upper left, 31 in. x 25 in., in a modern giltwood frame.
PLEASE NOTE: Provenance: Descended in the Ellis/Denis/Beauvais-Decuir family, New Orleans and Pointe Coupée, LA. Note: This elegant portrait belongs to a family group including a portrait of Antoinette Decuir (sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 444, May 22, 2010); portraits of Emile Tanneret and Augustine Massicot Tanneret, (lots 249, 250, sold November 20, 2010); and a portrait of Louise Suzanne Antoinette de Beauvais (Mme. Antoine Decuir), which hangs at Parlange Plantation. The Amans portraits in this distinguished family may have been executed either in New Orleans or Point Coupée Parish, as the family had connections to both places.
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