Élisabeth-Henriette-MARTHE (Paris, 1775 - Paris, 1854) Émile-Alexandre-César Lefébure de Sancy as a little gardener, 1808 Oil on canvas 101 x 82 cm Signed and dated lower right: Hette. De Lorimier 1808 On the reverse of the original canvas, the inscription: Emile Alexandre Cesar / the son of S. M. P. le febure de Sancy / and of A. J. A Beaudéan de Parabere Provenance : - Adélaïde-Julie-Amélie Lefébure de Sancy (1770-1825), née de Baudéan de Parabère, mother of the model, Château de Boran, Boran-sur-Oise ; - galerie Laury-Bailly, Paris ; - private collection, Osaka, Japan, acquired from the former in 1983. Born in 1775 into an old Parisian dress family, Henriette Lorimier grew up in a privileged environment, familiar with the world of artistic world. She exhibited at the Salon from 1802 onwards, where she achieved her first her first successes. La chèvre nourrice, a smaller version of which appears in her self-portrait, was acquired by Princess Caroline Murat in 1804. Born in Paris on 23 September 1800, Emile-Alexandre-César Lefébure de Sancy (1800-1863) came from a long line of military men. Rendered to civil status, he married Adélaïde-Julie-Amélie de Baudéan, granddaughter of the Countess de Parabère, the Regent's famous mistress. From only one child, the model in our painting, who was orphaned when he was orphaned at the age of one.