Follower of Ferdinand Voet
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Follower of Ferdinand Voet

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as the Marquise de Montespan, standing three-quarter-length

Details
Follower of Ferdinand Voet
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as the Marquise de Montespan, standing three-quarter-length
oil on canvas
46¼ x 35¾ in. (117.4 x 90.7 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Hugh Seely; Christie's, London, 16 May 1930, lot 147, as 'attributed to Mignard' (28 gns to Fraser).
Countess Stanislas Orlowska; Christie's, New York, 31 January 1997, lot 87, as 'Mignard' ($11,500).
Literature
F. Petrucci, Ferdinand Voet (1639-1689), detto Ferdinando de' Ritratti, Rome, 2005, p. 95, fig. 94, as 'French painter influenced by Voet (?)'.

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Lot Essay

Dott. Petrucci notes that the portrait is of high quality and combines both Roman and French motifs - with specific references to Ferdinand Voet, Carlo Maratta and Giovanni Battista Gaulli, il Baciccio.

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