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VICTOR-HENRI JUGLAR (French, b. 1826) Oil on Canvas "INCROYABLE AND MARVEILLEUSES SELLING JEWELS DURING THE DIRECTOIRE", Signed and dated: V. Juglar '73.

"INCROYABLE and MARVEILLEUSES" were the names given to the fashionable young men and women who would wear very eccentric and exaggerated clothes. This eccentricity expressed the relief and happiness of living during the mild regime of the Directoire (1795-1798).

Exhibited: Paris, Salon des Champs-Elysées de 1873, No. 807

Canvas Height: 37 7/8 inches (96.2 cm)
Canvas Width: 47 1/4 inches (120 cm)
Frame Height: 46 inches (117 cm)
Frame Width: 57 inches (144.8 cm)

Ref.: A1265

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