The beautiful large half-length portrait in oval form of a Parisian Lady, painted in oils on canvas, wearing an intricate lace bejeweled bonnet, with drop earrings, and a diamond choker, to a turquoise and white lace Ottoman type dress, her hands folded and with a ruby ring and her face looking out to the viewer, the work unframed and surviving from the first quarter of eighteenth century France.
Unknown.
The sitter is either a Parisian courtesan or perhaps a high-class prostitute and the remains of an old label and red wax seal verso suggests the picture was once part of a noble collection.
A mesmerisingly untouched portrait of good size and super colour and texture.
She remains in completely original condition with no over-painting and a good deal of craquelure to the surface with flecked losses and creasing to the canvas to the lower part. The paint surface has taken on a wonderful patina to it and there has been no attempt to restore or clean the picture. Please refer to the photographs for a full visual reference.
By appointment only.
