La petite couturière. Here is one of the finest Jules Breton’s to have appeared on the market in years. The painting was done in 1858 and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1859.
Professor Gabriel P. Weisberg noted that this is a very unusual work as single figure compositions, set in an interior, were very rare in Breton’s entire work. It is an intimate study of his young wife performing a traditional activity. The painting establishes the theme of the simple dignity of family life as being essential for Breton even early on in his career.
Jules Breton
“La petite couturière”