Paul Claude Michel LE CARPENTIER (Rouen 1787 - Paris 1877) - Lot 143

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Paul Claude Michel LE CARPENTIER (Rouen 1787 - Paris 1877) - Lot 143
Paul Claude Michel LE CARPENTIER (Rouen 1787 - Paris 1877) Self-portrait Panel, signed and dated lower left Paul Carpentier px / 1834 / Encaustic Painting 84 x 66 cm Encaustic painting is a painting in which pigments are mixed with melted wax. This technique has been used since Antiquity and in the 19th century other artists used it in combination with oil paint, such as William Bouguereau in The Dance, which is kept in the Musée d'Orsay.
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