A young lady holding a basket of fruit on her lap, facing right in lace-bordered pale purple dress with lace cuffs, striped gauze scarf falling from her upswept and powdered hair, her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth and holding a bunch of grapes in her hand; foliate background
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ARMAND VINCENT DE MONTPETIT (1713-1800)
A young lady holding a basket of fruit on her lap, facing right in lace-bordered pale purple dress with lace cuffs, striped gauze scarf falling from her upswept and powdered hair, her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth and holding a bunch of grapes in her hand; foliate background
signed and dated on the reverse of the silk 'V. Demontpetit, p. 1784.'
fixé-sous-verre
2 11/16 in. (69 mm.) diam., gilt-wood framed carved with laurel border and ribbon and bow cresting
A young lady holding a basket of fruit on her lap, facing right in lace-bordered pale purple dress with lace cuffs, striped gauze scarf falling from her upswept and powdered hair, her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth and holding a bunch of grapes in her hand; foliate background
signed and dated on the reverse of the silk 'V. Demontpetit, p. 1784.'
fixé-sous-verre
2 11/16 in. (69 mm.) diam., gilt-wood framed carved with laurel border and ribbon and bow cresting
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