Jacques-Augustin Catherine PAJOU (Paris 1766 - 1828) Portrait of Marie Marguerite Thiébault, wife of the artist Original canvas and stretcher Signed and dated lower left "Pajou père / janvier 1819". Bearing a label on the reverse of the stretcher mentioning the model's name "Marie Marguerite / Thiébault / wife of Jacques Augustin / Pajou (painter) 1766 - 1828". 55x46cm (Old restorations) Provenance: Inventory after death of the artist's son, 1878; Always remained in the artist's family. Exhibition: Salon of 1819, n°867. Bibliography: P. Nusbaumer, Jacques - Augustin - Catheriine PAJOU ( 1766 - 1828) peintre d'histoire et de portrait, 1997, cat. no. 97, reproduced in color fig.13.