ÉMILE WAUTERS (Brussels, 1846–Paris, 1933) PORTRAIT OF FRANCES GALLATIN STEVENS (1868–1956), MARQUISE DE GALLIFFET, AND HER SON CHARLES-GASTON, Original painting Signed and dated on the right “Émile Wauters / 1899” Previous restorations Portrait of the Marquise of Galliffet and her son, original canvas, signed and dated, with restorations 180 x 150 CM - 70.9 x 59.1 IN. PROVENANCE Has always remained in the family of the subjects. A preparatory sketch (canvas, 48 x 39.5 cm) is held at the Charlier Museum in Brussels. Émile Wauters was a pupil of Portaels in Brussels and later of Jean Léon Gérôme in Paris. He was a painter of history, portraits and Orientalist subjects. The model’s grandfather was Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson, founder of New York University and a senator. He was depicted on the $500 banknote in 1862 and on the 1-cent stamp between 1967 and 1973.