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a painting of a woman in a blue dress in a gold frameportrait of a woman in a blue dress with a blue headbandportrait of a young woman in a blue dress with a pearl necklace
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183 - From the circle of Jean-François COLSON (1733–1803) Presumed…
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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From the circle of Jean-François COLSON (1733–1803) Presumed portrait of the singer Marie-Joséphine Laguerre (1754–1783) Pastel. 65 x 52 cm Related work: Compare with an oil on canvas depicting the same young woman, offered for auction at Sotheby’s New York on 27 January 2012 (lot 473) as an original work by Colson. J-F Colson’s obituary states that he also painted pastels with great ease and that Latour is said to have asked him to devote himself exclusively to this medium (Neil Jeffares). A singer at the Paris Opera, Mademoiselle Laguerre left behind the amusing memory of having performed *Iphigénie en Tauride*, drunk after having had too much champagne, which prompted Sophie Arnould to reply to an aristocrat who asked her whether the opera being performed was *Iphigénie en Aulis or in Tauris, ‘No, it’s Iphigenia in Champagne’!
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 11:00 AM
Lot description modified on 10/13/2026 at 7:16 PM
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