Case Chronology

c.1880: Blanche Denise Willmann born, Saint-Denis, France. 1898: Felix Jacques Ferrero active as praticien in the Parisian sculptural world. 22 March 1898: Marriage of Blanche Denise Willmann and Felix Jacques Ferrero, Paris. c.1900–1906: Rembrandt Bugatti active in Paris as portraitist and sculptor. c.1904: Most probable date of portrait bust, based on sitter’s documented Paris presence and Bugatti’s early portrait production. 1907: Ferrero family emigration to the United States. 8 January 1916: Death of Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris. 29 March 1930: US Patent 1,837,958 filed by B. D. Ferrero nee Willmann as inventor. 22 December 1931: Patent granted. 13 November 1968: Death of Blanche Denise Ferrero-Willmann, Saint-Denis. The 1920–1930 date range attributed in catalog literature falls outside the chronology of verifiable events connected to this portrait.