Identification

Collection Number: DS-19C-FR02
Current Title: Portrait of Juana Romani (1867–1923/24) as Le Jeune Page
Former / Historical Title: Le Jeune Page; Le Page
Sitter / Model: Juana Romani (1867–1923/24)
Date: Late nineteenth to early twentieth century
Century: Late nineteenth to early twentieth century
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Artist / Attribution
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Artist: Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet
Born: 12 April 1840, Uzès, Gard, France
Died: 11 April 1920, Paris, France
Attribution: Fully attributed to Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet
School / Culture: French School
Artistic Context: Academic painting; nineteenth-century French historicist and costume painting

Materials and Techniques
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Object Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on panel
Support: Panel
Dimensions: 81 × 64.5 cm
Inscriptions: Signed upper right: “F. Roybet”.
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Markings:
The reverse of the panel bears several historical labels and inscriptions. An old paper label at the centre is printed and inscribed “PL No. 1781”, annotated above with the dimensions “81 × 65”, and further inscribed “Roybet” and “Le Page”. A small numbered paper label “29” is affixed near the upper centre of the panel. Further reverse markings include large red chalk numerals, possibly “3468”, and blue crayon or pencil notation near the lower edge, partly illegible. Additional scratches, handling marks, and scattered graphite or chalk notations are also present.
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Reference Note
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The work is recorded in the 1913 Georges C. Zervudachi sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, lot 81, as Ferdinand Roybet, Le Jeune Page, oil on panel. It is also recorded by RKDimages Lite, record no. 1378940, digital object no. 834099.

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, A Girl Copying the Painting The Embarkation for Cythera by Antoine Watteau at the Louvre, 1881, oil on panel, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Museum number: ГЭ-9787.

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, Young Watercolourist in the Louvre, c. 1881, oil on panel, 46 × 26 cm (18 × 10 in.).

Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois, Portrait of Anne-Marie Dagnan, 1880, oil on canvas, 115.7 × 80 cm (45 1/2 × 31 1/2 in.), private collection.

Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, Portrait of a Lady, 1885, oil on canvas, 51 × 19.6 cm (20 × 7 1/2 in.), Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.

The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.: This work is restored. The canvas has an old glue lining. The surface is quite dull. Although it may not need to be cleaned, it seems the varnish could be effectively brightened. The figure is in beautiful condition, showing no retouches. The figure of the child on the far right is also beautifully preserved. Retouches have been added in the darkest colors around the seated figure's feet, around the hat on the stool on the left side, and beneath the plant on the far left to address some cracking. These retouches are well applied. If the varnish were adjusted, the work could be hung as is.