Featured 19th century art school study drawing

Hello
I would like your help in identifying the author of this19th century art school study drawing. It seems to me that it is very well done and below on the right is signed with the monogram "EZ".
Thanks

 

Can’t help with the artist but the image feels nineteenth century French to me – a girl with grapes and vine leaves in her hair. I found a very similar example by Thomas Couture…. https://www.invaluable.com/artist/couture-thomas-z08amy202w/sold-at-auction-prices/

 

Looks like a print to me. Hard to tell if you don’t have it in front of you. I was looking closely at the curls in the hair, looks like a lithographic crayon was used to draw it.

 

I took a couple of pictures with a USB microscope. Hope it helps. I found another French artist who made such paintings. Edouard Zier. What do you think about it?

 

On what was this done? Looks like some sort of title to me.. What is the size of it?

 

I insert two more images made with macros. The measure is: 30.5 x 24.5 cm with frame.

 

I'd like your opinion on this. I am not an expert but from the enlarged images it seems to me that the drawing was made with pencil.

 

Looks like pencil to my eye. May have been a copy a talented amateur (i.e. a woman) produced in her leisure time.

Debora

 

Reminds me of the work of Vigee LeBrun.