Offered by La Crédence
          
        "Young beggar girl in a street of Cairo". 
Oil on canvas signed and dated Edouard GIRARDET, 1845.
Born in 1819, he was a student of his brother Karl with whom he visited Egypt. At the Salon from 1839 to 1876, he won a 1st class medal in 1861. 
Numerous works in Swiss museums and in Versailles. 
Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame of the 18th century.
73x86 with frame