Above: A lady entertaining a child of a Savoyard warden with a pinwheel (oil on panel 19.7×25.4cm) .

The artist of this painting is Noel Hallé.  Hallé was born in Paris, on September 2, 1711. He was a French painter, draftsman and print-maker, born into a family of artists; and the son of Claude-Guy Hallé. Noel took the Prix de Rome Award  in 1736.

Among his works Noël Hallé includes:

• The Death of Seneca,
• Cornelia,
• Mother of the Gracchi; and
• The Justice of Trajan.

 Noël Hallé died on June 5,  1781.

Vale Hallé until we meet another day.

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