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FÉLIX DOMINIQUE DE VUILLEFROY (France, 1841- 1916). "Landscape." Oil on canvas. Presents stamp and label on the back. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 24 x 35 cm: 42 x 53 cm (frame). After graduating in Law, he entered in the Conseil d'État as auditor of second class in 1864, and happened to be auditor of first class two years later, before resigning. Interested in art and entomology, he took drawing lessons at the Académie Suisse, in the studio of Ernest Hébert and Léon Bonnat. He also frequented the artistic circles of Fontainebleau, driven by his search for new species of insects. In 1861 he became a member of the Société entomologique de France. In 1881, Vuillefroy participated in the creation of the Société des artistes français. He was awarded the Gold Medal at the Universal Exposition of 1889.