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According to an old handwritten label, the sitter was the wife of René de Poilloüe, Comte de Saint-Périer.
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Countess Henriette Alexandrine de St. Périer (née Dufresne), facing right in maroon dress with pleated bodice and white underdress, pink rose and foliage in her black hair dressed in ringlets; landscape and sky and cloud background
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DOMENICA MONVOISIN (1805-1881)
Countess Henriette Alexandrine de St. Périer (née Dufresne), facing right in maroon dress with pleated bodice and white underdress, pink rose and foliage in her black hair dressed in ringlets; landscape and sky and cloud background
signed and dated 'Mme. Monvoisin. 1844.' (lower right)
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount, fitted leather case
Countess Henriette Alexandrine de St. Périer (née Dufresne), facing right in maroon dress with pleated bodice and white underdress, pink rose and foliage in her black hair dressed in ringlets; landscape and sky and cloud background
signed and dated 'M
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount, fitted leather case
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