Lot Essay
The reverse is inscribed 'Marquise de Belmont Briançon-Brionne Barmon de Crouseilles née de Choiseul Gouffier 44 ans'.
A young Lady called Marquise de Belmont, waist-length, facing right in frill-bordered low-cut black silk dress with short puff-sleeves and embroidered rust-red cashmere shawl, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in ringlets; cloud and sky background
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AMÉLIE D'AUBIGNY, NÉE D'AUTEL (1795/96-1861)
A young Lady called Marquise de Belmont, waist-length, facing right in frill-bordered low-cut black silk dress with short puff-sleeves and embroidered rust-red cashmere shawl, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in ringlets; cloud and sky background
signed and dated 'Amélie D.... 1820' (lower right)
oval, 2 15/16 in. (74 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount on a rectangular ebonized wood panel
A young Lady called Marquise de Belmont, waist-length, facing right in frill-bordered low-cut black silk dress with short puff-sleeves and embroidered rust-red cashmere shawl, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in ringlets; cloud and sky background
signed and dated 'Amélie D.... 1820' (lower right)
oval, 2 15/16 in. (74 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount on a rectangular ebonized wood panel