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DALL'ASTA, signed and dated 1809
A young lady full-face, seated three-quarters-length next to a harpsichord and holding a sheet of music, her black hair dressed in rolls, wearing a low-cut white dress with frill-edged short puff-sleeves, and a silk waist-sash with turquoise cabochon clasp, a bordeaux-red cashmere shawl with multi-coloured embroidered yellow border draped around her arms; rectangular -- 128 x 94 mm, gilt-metal mount within an ebonized wood frame
A young lady full-face, seated three-quarters-length next to a harpsichord and holding a sheet of music, her black hair dressed in rolls, wearing a low-cut white dress with frill-edged short puff-sleeves, and a silk waist-sash with turquoise cabochon clasp, a bordeaux-red cashmere shawl with multi-coloured embroidered yellow border draped around her arms; rectangular -- 128 x 94 mm, gilt-metal mount within an ebonized wood frame