Bouteiller’s exquisite portrait depicts friend and artist Césarine de Houdetot, both were French women born outside of France. Here, Césarine sits pining for the idyllic countryside of Mauritius – depicted in the background – where she spent her childhood.

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Louise Bouteiller’s Césarine de Houdetot, Baronne de Barante, reading Paul et Virginie With Senior Curator of International art, Ted Gott Edwin Landseer’s Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream With Senior Curator of International art, Ted Gott William Quiller Orchardson’s The First Cloud With Senior Curator of International art, Ted Gott Animalia art in the Salon With Curator of International art, Laurie Benson Arthur Streeton’s Corfe Castle With Curator of International Art, Laurie Benson Josephine and Napoléon divorce Laurie Benson shares the story behind the painting Hanging the NGV Salon Go behind the scenes

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