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Attributed to Louis TOCQUE (1696–1772)
Portrait of a lady we…
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66
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Attributed to Louis TOCQUE (1696–1772)
Portrait of a lady we…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Attributed to Louis TOCQUE (1696–1772)
Portrait of a lady wearing a black mantilla, Madame de Graffigny?
Oval canvas
Height: 73 cm
Width: 58.5 cm
Carved and gilded wooden frame, Louis XIV period
Previous restorations
Expert: Turquin gallery
An identical composition, in which the sitter is set within a faux oval frame, was sold at
Ader-Tajan auction house, Paris, 11 April 1992, lot 95 (Alexis Simon Belle, oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm).
We may compare our painting with the Presumed Portrait of Madame de Graffigny (1695–1758), writer
(canvas, 81 x 65 cm) painted by Louis Tocqué and held at the Louvre Museum.
See original version (French)
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