Portrait of a Man
by BLONDEL, Merry-Joseph, Oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm
The sitter in the present painting is thought to be Charles Viollet. While not much is known about Charles, his family is rather well known. His son, Paul, was a historian and founder of the Law Library and his great grand-daughter, Helene Roger-Viollet, founded the Mainson Roger-Viollet, the largest foundation devoted to photography in France.