Lot Essay
Faustine Pagès, Marquise de Mesgrigny, was the wife of Edmond, Marquis de Mesgrigny.
The Marquise de Mesgrigny, facing right in low-cut white dress with short bouffant sleeves and white frill-edged underslip, white silk sash, her centre-parted dark hair tied in ringlets and plaited bun, adorned with pink rose; bordeaux-red curtain and sky background
Details
FRANÇOIS MEURET (1800-1887)
The Marquise de Mesgrigny, facing right in low-cut white dress with short bouffant sleeves and white frill-edged underslip, white silk sash, her centre-parted dark hair tied in ringlets and plaited bun, adorned with pink rose; bordeaux-red curtain and sky background
signed 'Meuret.' (lower right)
oval, 3 15/16 in. (106 mm.) high, ormolu frame with egg-and-dart band and beaded outer border, with ribbon-tie cresting
The Marquise de Mesgrigny, facing right in low-cut white dress with short bouffant sleeves and white frill-edged underslip, white silk sash, her centre-parted dark hair tied in ringlets and plaited bun, adorned with pink rose; bordeaux-red curtain and sky background
signed 'Meuret.' (lower right)
oval, 3 15/16 in. (106 mm.) high, ormolu frame with egg-and-dart band and beaded outer border, with ribbon-tie cresting
Provenance
From the sitter to her daughter, the future Comtesse du Parc.
Thence by family descent to the Comte du Parc, Villebertin Castle near Troyes, until the sale of the contents of the castle in 1982.
Thence by family descent to the Comte du Parc, Villebertin Castle near Troyes, until the sale of the contents of the castle in 1982.