Louis Georges Brillouin (1817-1893), French painter and illustrator, studied from 1840 at the Ecole des Beaux Arts Paris and exhibited from 1843 in the Paris Salon. Illustrated and others. the works of Victor Hugo. Allegorical, multi-figured studio scene in the 17th century theater. A painter with a palette, two men debating, a woman playing lute and a smoking man, who looks at the viewer and thus involves them, are grouped around a central figure with a graphic portfolio. Oil on Lwd., U. re. sign. u. dated 1858, verso on stretcher lacquer seal ''Henri le Roy et fils Bruxelles, partial retouching, 33 x 40 cm, length 45 x 53 cm