Louis Innocent Goubaud (Italian/Belgian, 1780-1847) French Empire period oil on canvas painting portrait of a nobleman astronomer of the Napoleonic era wearing a jabot, seals, and a jacket with an oak-leaf embroidered collar, his arm rests on a side table with a book titled "Astronomie" and he sits in a finely detailed Neoclassical chair, signed to lower left and dated 1805, housed in a gilt wood frame. Image: 39.75" H x 29.75" W; frame: 47.25" H x 37.25" W x 2.5" D.

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