A gentleman called Monsieur du Cruet, seated next to a fireplace reading a book
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The inscription on the reverse suggests the sitter may be a member of the artist's family. Germain du Cruet, Chevalier Barailhon (1726-1805) was Pauline’s father from his second marriage to Anne Magdelaine, Cornus de la Fontaine. Germain du Cruet was <i>Receveur général des domaines et bois</i> for the Generality of Lyon and Royal Secretary of Finance (<i>Secrétaire du Roi aux Finances</i>) to King Louis XVI.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37595028" class="extiw" title="d:Q37595028"><span title="French painter, 1781-1865">Pauline Augustin</span></a>
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