Vintage 1824 Portrait of Charles-Victor Prévost 9”x11” oval frame

This is a portrait of Charles-Victor Prévost, vicomte d'Arlincourt, a French novelist and playwright. • The portrait was painted by Jean-Baptiste Isabey in 1824. • It is a watercolor and bodycolor on paper. • The subject, Charles-Victor Prévost, was known as the "prince of the romantics" and was at the height of his literary career when the portrait was made. • He is depicted holding a notebook with the titles of some of his works, including La Caroléide (1818), Le Solitaire (1821), Le Renégat (1822), and Ipsiboé (1823).