Portrait of Count Pierre-François-Marie-Auguste Dejean (1780-1845), aged eleven, small three-quarter-length, in a green suit, seated by a table with classical busts, a gladiolus in his right hand, a botanical book by his left

French School, circa 1792 Portrait of Count Pierre-François-Marie-Auguste Dejean (1780-1845), aged eleven, small three-quarter-length, in a green suit, seated by a table with classical busts, a gladiolus in his right hand, a botanical book by his left indistinctly signed 'J.[?].../J.F[?].../1792' (centre left, on plinth); inscribed 'GLADIOLUS' (lower right, on botanical book) oil on canvas 13½ x 10 in. (34.4 x 25.5 cm.) with an extensive old handwritten biographical inscription 'Pierre François M..[?] Auguste Dejean...etc.' (on reverse of stretcher)