LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pastel on paper

Measurements:

19.17 in. (48.70 cm.) (height) by 15.98 in. (40.60 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Literature:

A Besnard and G. Wildenstein, La Tour , Paris, 1928, pp. 75, 117. O. Blanc, Portraits de femmes artistes et modeles à l’époque de Marie-Antoinette , Paris, 2006, p. 285. N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 , London, 2006, p. 285, and online version: http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/LaTour1.pdf

Provenance:

Probably) Maurice Quentin de la Tour (1704-1788), from whom bequeathed to Claire Josèphe Hippolyte Léris de Latude, called Mademoiselle Clairon (1723-1803). Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 9 March 1988, lot 88, ill. (with incorrect dimensions). with Wildenstein, where acquired by the present owner