• Jules Bastien-Lepage
• French, 1848-1882
• "Le Petit Lord"
• Oil on Canvas
• 18 x 13 3/8 inches, Framed: 26 1/8 x 21 5/8 inches
• Signed and dated lower right, 1880
• Price on Request

It was suggested by 19th century painter Jules Breton that “France had lost its Holbein” when Bastien-Lepage died in 1884. Bastien-Lepage , in addition to his landscapes and Salon pictures, enjoyed great success as a portraitist. The year he executed this work, he finished a portrait of the His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales which is in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace. The young Lord could be English or French. And while the Eton collar, knickerbockers suit and appointments in the room clearly denote his birth and stature, Bastien-Lepage has made this an exquisite study in character.