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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
A family portrait depicting a lady, gentleman and a child in an architectural setting: the lady, seated next to a plinth with a dog, in décolleté blue, white and red dress, the gentleman in blue frock coat, white lace cravat, blue cap adorned with white plumes, holding a parrot in his left hand, a child, in off-the-shoulder blue dress and white underdress, seated on a cushion, his right arm outstretched towards the parrot; fountain and architectural landscape background
on ivory
oval, 4½ in. (112 mm.) wide, silver-gilt frame
inscribed on the reverse 'Les enfants de France (Mignard)'
A family portrait depicting a lady, gentleman and a child in an architectural setting: the lady, seated next to a plinth with a dog, in décolleté blue, white and red dress, the gentleman in blue frock coat, white lace cravat, blue cap adorned with white plumes, holding a parrot in his left hand, a child, in off-the-shoulder blue dress and white underdress, seated on a cushion, his right arm outstretched towards the parrot; fountain and architectural landscape background
on ivory
oval, 4½ in. (112 mm.) wide, silver-gilt frame
inscribed on the reverse 'Les enfants de France (Mignard)'
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