Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746)

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Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746)

Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Pommyer (born c.1705/6), half length, wearing a blue dress and yellow wrap, a flower at her breast

with inscription on the relining canvas 'Peint par N. de Largillière en 1722'
oval
21 7/8 x 17 7/8in. (55.5 x 45.5cm.)

in a contemporary carved and gilded frame

Provenance

See lot 43

Exhibited

Paris, Palais des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris [Petit Palais], N. de Largillière, 1928, p. 142, no. 125 or 126

Lot Essay

Born c.1705/6, Marie-Thérèse Pommyer died, probably without issue, at an unknown date.

The present portrait is to be included in Dr. Dominique Brême's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Nicolas de Largillière

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