Jules BRETON (Courrières 1827 - Paris 1906) - Lot 34

Jules BRETON (Courrières 1827 - Paris 1906) Portrait of his friend Pretet Panel, one board, not parqueted 35 x 26.5 cm Dedicated, signed and dated upper left A mon ami Pretet / Jules Breton / 1891 No frame Exposition de la société dunkerquoise, peintures, Dunkerque, September 1893, no. 85 with the subtitle après déjeuner à la campagne. E Exposition de l'union artistique du Nord, paintings, Lille, 1896, no. 64 We would like to thank Mesdames Annette Bourrut-Lacouture, Marie-Isabelle Pinet and Agnès Penot for kindly confirming the authenticity of this painting through a visual examination. It will be included in the catalog raisonné of the painter's work currently in preparation.