Henri-Pierre Danloux* (1753-1809)

Portrait of a Lady, said to be the Comtesse de Polignac, bust length, wearing a blue coat and a white fichu

Details

Henri-Pierre Danloux* (1753-1809)
Portrait of a Lady, said to be the Comtesse de Polignac, bust length, wearing a blue coat and a white fichu
oil on canvas--oval
26 x 21in. (66 x 55.2cm.)

Provenance

with Wildenstein, New York (Fashion in Headdress, April 27-May 27, 1943, no. 63, as La Comtesse de Polignac, 1788), from whom purchased by the present owner.

Lot Essay

This portrait, said to be of the wife of the Comte Jules de Polignac, is very similar in format and handling to Danloux's portrait of Madame Marquise de La Suze (reproduced in R. de Portalis, Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1910, p. 168). Both paintings seem to date from the period immediately preceding Danloux's 1792 departure for England.