French school, pps. 19th century. "Portrait of a lady with a turban and child. After Jaques-Louis David (1748-1825). Oil on canvas. Size: 54 x 44 cm; 69 x 59,5 cm. In this canvas, the painter has taken the model of a female portrait painted by Jaques-Louis David around 1780, a girl with a turban who in the original painting appears alone. In the present painting, the same woman is accompanied by a child, whose head rests on her chest. In this homage to the neoclassical painter, the classicist work is respected, as can be seen in the palette of nuanced tones and the emphasis on drawing, with a skilful balance of line and colour. The dark eyes of the original work are here an intense blue. The sitter conveys a serene beauty, worthy of a goddess or muse of Greek statuary, from which neoclassical painters drew their inspiration. At the same time, however, the psychological charge of her dazed expression marks a departure from the old models. Dimensions 54 x 44 cm; 69 x 59,5 cm.