Models in a studio during the painter's absence, 1869 (oil)

Models in a studio, during the painter's absence (Main title) Dutuit, Auguste Three characters wait in a large studio for the painter to come: a young Italian woman, an old man and a child holding a bilboquet. The room is cluttered with objects: books, jewelry, a mandolin, a psyche, hangings, paintings, a copy of the Venus de Milo, a plaster bas-relief. The painter's equipment includes easel, palette and brushes. The three models look into the mirror. Signature and date - Signed and dated lower right: "A Dutuit Roma - 1869". Inventory number: PDUT1706