The Consul Louis Fauvel Painting
by DUPRÉ, Louis, Oil on canvas, 55 x 62 cm
The painting represents Louis-S�bastien Fauvel (1753-1838) Consul of France in Greece in 1780-1822, who was commissioned to send antiquities to France. In the background the Acropolis in Athens can be seen, showing the painter’s interest in antique monuments.