Jeanne Samson Fichel (French, 1849-1906), The Love Letter

oil on canvas (lined), signed and dated 1875 at lower left, presented in a period gilt frame.
Stretcher size 24 x 20 in.; Frame dimensions 30 x 26 in.
Jeanne Fichel was a French genre painter. She studied with Eugène Fichel, whom she later married in 1877. She exhibited at the Salon as early as 1869.
Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York
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The canvas has been cut and laid down;