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A young lady seated beside a tree with the motto seule je pense à toi inscribed on the tree trunk and holding a quill in her right hand, facing right in décolleté spotted white muslin dress, white striped purple sash, forget-me-nots in her long fair curling hair; foliate background
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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
A young lady seated beside a tree with the motto seule je pense à toi inscribed on the tree trunk and holding a quill in her right hand, facing right in décolleté spotted white muslin dress, white striped purple sash, forget-me-nots in her long fair curling hair; foliate background
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., ormolu frame applied with a ropetwist border, tin reverse
A young lady seated beside a tree with the motto seule je pense à toi inscribed on the tree trunk and holding a quill in her right hand, facing right in décolleté spotted white muslin dress, white striped purple sash, forget-me-nots in her long fair curling hair; foliate background
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., ormolu frame applied with a ropetwist border, tin reverse
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 1979, lot 12.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 6-7 May 1980, lot 220 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-125).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 6-7 May 1980, lot 220 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-125).
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