Madame Gid, facing left in white silk dress with high ruffled collar, pink and white striped sash tied in a bow at corsage, long orange glove, cashmere shawl draped over her shoulders, her dark brown hair curled and upswept; stone pillar and moss-green hanging curtain with gold tassel

Madame Gid was première chanteuse in the Choir of the Chapel of King Charles X of France. The present extremely well painted portrait is based on a signed miniature by Daniel Saint, formerly in the collection of Charles Bernard, sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-22 February 1906, lot 136.