Louis François AUBRY (1767-1851) Presumed portrait of Julie Candeille (1767-1834), actress, musician, woman of letters and businesswoman, soul mate of the painter Girodet. She is seen from three-quarters to the right, in a red dress with short puffed sleeves and ermine collar, and a large necklace with a gold cross. She is wearing a turban with golden stripes, revealing brown hair curled at the temples. Her hands crossed in front of her waist reveal the blue velvet stole covering her forearms. Large miniature on ivory 18.5 x 14.5 cm Signed lower left Aubry Crack and restoration Brown velvet frame, gilt brass palmettes frieze Julie Candeille, "this pretty monster of talents" according to the Goncourt brothers, posed with the same turban but in a white dress with a lace collar, for an engraving around 1810 by Sébastien Coeuré according to Prud'hon Louis François Aubry, one of the best miniaturists of his time, trained many pupils. The Antoine Lecuyer Museum in Saint Quentin (Aisne) keeps a workshop copy of our miniature, seen without the hands and the shawl, the model not identified in the inventories (inv. 2006.28.1FA). The same unidentified portrait, signed Mme de Mirbel, appeared in the Pierre Bergé et Associés sale, 21 December 2006, 19.6 x 14 cm with frame.