C19 Oil on Canvas Portrait of Tristan Lacroix by Simon Jacobs

Portrait of French Painter & Sculptor Tristan Lacroix 1849-1914
Painted by Simon Jacobs in 1880 who was a Flemish Portrait Painter
C19 Oil on Canvas tired and slightly battered it is in it's original frame Decorative
An interesting conversation piece from an old French house Estate sale
Tristan Lacroix from SW France born in Perigeux  he was one of the Barbizon School of painters
He exhibited regularly in Paris and obtained a first mention in 1883 and a medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889