Attributed to Charles DUCHESNE (? - Paris, circa 1824) Portrait of a man by the fire Canvas 61 x 49,8 cm Provenance : Sale Me Origet, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 19, 1909, no. 9 (as Drolling, Portrait d'un savant). Exhibition: Perhaps Paris, Salon of 1824, no. 554 ("Portrait en pied d'un vieillard octogénaire", exhibited posthumously). Bibliography: Anonymous, "On vend, Hôtel Drouot, des collections diverses" The New York Herald, May 19, 1909, p. 6. The portrait of the Duchess of Tourzel painted by Duchesne, which we know from the engraving, is close to our painting by its composition.