Lot Essay
The pose of this portrait is taken after Rosalba Carriera's pastel L'Inverno, now at Windsor Castle (see B. Sani, Rosalba Carriera, Turin, 1988, pl. 96, no. 120).
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Jacques-Antoine Arlaud
A young Lady, called Mrs. Benjamin Lambert, in the guise of Winter, facing right, clasping an ermine-bordered red cloak about her, a red ribbon in her dark hair, drop pearl earrings
gilt-metal mount
rectangular, 2 15/16in. (74 x 57mm.)
A young Lady, called Mrs. Benjamin Lambert, in the guise of Winter, facing right, clasping an ermine-bordered red cloak about her, a red ribbon in her dark hair, drop pearl earrings
gilt-metal mount
rectangular, 2 15/16in. (74 x 57mm.)