An oil on panel painting by French artist, Isadore Patrois (1815-1884), depicting a standing portrait of an elegantly dressed gentleman or cavalier before a green door. This painting, while French, seems to be in the Dutch style of an interior with pulled back curtain, chair and green doorway with a landscape painting on the wall. Just as much detail is evident in the background as in the figure himself. The painting is signed in the lower right corner.

About the artist: Isidore Patrois is a painter of genre who became famous throughout his life at the Salon where he started in 1844. It was through historical subjects that Isidore Pantrois revealed himself, notably by presenting episodes from the life of Joan of Arc, François I and Jacques Coeur, for which he received a 3rd class medal at the 1861 Salon.

Louis Énault (1824-1900), a novelist and journalist, said of Patrois that "he always knows how to make the characters who animate his compositions sympathetic [...] One would be happy to live with most of his heroes, and especially his heroines. [...] one wants to see them again when one has seen them; one is not satisfied with finding the interiors he shows us pretty, one wants to live in them".

The painting measures 10 3/4” x 8 1/4” and overall with the Dutch style ripple frame measures 18 1/2” x 16”. The painting has some minor touch up around the edges due to previous frame rubbing. The frame has minor dings, nicks, and small portions of the ripple missing, but presents well and is ready to hang.

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