Jean-Frédéric Schall
(French, 1752-1825)


Portrait of Christine Boyer (1773-1800) (c.1800).
Oil on canvas. Musée Magnin.

Christine Boyer, first wife of Lucien Bonaparte, is represented in the park of the castle of Plessis-Chamant, near Senlis.

The almost unrealistic character of the work, which is set in a garden with a faint light, with faded plants, could be a reminder of the young woman’s tragic destiny, or could be a posthumous portrait.