Lot Essay
Very little is known about Varlet, other than that he was a painter and a miniaturist and was active in Paris in 1769.
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Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a pink and black dress with a lace ruff and a pink, feathered cap, holding a guitar
Details
H. Varlet (active Paris 1769)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a pink and black dress with a lace ruff and a pink, feathered cap, holding a guitar
signed 'H, Varlet, / 1769' (centre right)
oil on canvas, oval
31 ½ x 25 ½ in. (80.1 x 64.4 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in a pink and black dress with a lace ruff and a pink, feathered cap, holding a guitar
signed 'H, Varlet, / 1769' (centre right)
oil on canvas, oval
31 ½ x 25 ½ in. (80.1 x 64.4 cm.)
Provenance
Guy and Viane de Germiny (according to a label on the reverse).