Alexandre Marie GUILLEMIN (Paris 1817-Bois-le-Roi 1880) Women and the Secret Canvas Signed and countersigned lower left "A.Guillemin"; red wax stamp of the Guillemin sale on the reverse of the frame 60 x 49 cm Provenance : Sale of paintings by Alexandre Guillemin, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, (Me Lechat), April 8, 1881, no. 8 (375 fr). The subject illustrates the sixth fable of Book VIII from the second collection of de la Fontaine's Fables.