Circle of François Clouet (1522?-1572)

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Circle of François Clouet (1522?-1572)

Portrait of a young Lady, said to be Marguerite de Valois, bust length

with inscription 'Madame Margaret Fille de Henri II.^d et Catharine de Medicis, Soeur de Henry III.^d Premiere femme de Henry IV. Par Jannete.'; black, red and yellow chalk
335 x 227mm.

Provenance

J. P. Heseltine (L. 1507)
P.and D. Colnaghi

Lot Essay

A comparable portrait of the sitter is in the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, J. Adhémar, Les portraits dessinés du XVI^e siècle au Cabinet des Estampes, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1973, LXXXII, no. 411, illustrated

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