A fine miniature of a young lady, facing right in extremely low-cut white dress with short sleeves, her dcollet covered with transparent white gauze fastened by a small collar, leaning with crossed arms on a white plinth, her flowing black hair curled; cloud and sky background

The former owner of this beautiful miniature, Madame Levaigneur, had one of the most extraordinary collections of French portrait miniatures. Although a collector for most of her life, she inherited the main part of her collection from her godmother, Thodore Dablin whose sole heir she became in 1861.