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PROPERTY FROM THE CASTLE OF GALLERANDE TO BE SOLD TO BENEFIT THE FRENCH HOSPITALLER WORKS OF THE ORDER OF MALTA

CÉCILE VILLENEUVE (FRENCH, 1824-1901)

Vicomtesse Geoffroy de Ruillé, in black dress with white lace underdress, pink rose and foliage at corsage, globular gold bell suspended on a black ribbon choker, pink rose and foliage and black lace veil falling from her upswept blond hair

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CÉCILE VILLENEUVE (FRENCH, 1824-1901)
Vicomtesse Geoffroy de Ruillé, in black dress with white lace underdress, pink rose and foliage at corsage, globular gold bell suspended on a black ribbon choker, pink rose and foliage and black lace veil falling from her upswept blond hair
signed 'Cécile Villeneuve' (lower right) and inscribed and dated by the artist on the backing paper 'Vic.tesse Geoffroy de Ruillé Paris 1872'
oval, 4 in. (102 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame by Alphonse Giroux with ribbon and bow cresting

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Marie-Marguerite Louise Thebaudin de Bordigné (b. 1846) was married in 1865 to the sculptor Henri Geoffroy de La Planche, Vicomte de Ruillé (see lot 168). She was the grandmother of Anne de Ruillé, the last chatelaine of Gallerande (see House sale Christie's Paris, 30 March 2004).

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