Portrait of a child with cherries

Emmanuel-Joseph Lauret (French, 1809-1882).

Painter known as “Lauret aîné” trained at the School of Fine Arts of Aix-en-Provence, settled in Algiers in 1849.

Oil on cardboard, dated / localized / signed on the left and annotated on the reverse.
Period: 1865.
Format: 24.6 cm x 19.3 cm (9.7 in x 7.6 in).
Cracks (see photos).