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Late 18th century FRENCH school, follower of Maurice Quentin de LA TOUR Portrait of the Abbey François Emmanuel Pommyer (1713-1784) Pastel Late 18th century French school, foll. of M. Quentin de La Tour, Portrait of the Abbey François Emmanuel Pommyer (1713-1784), pastel 48 x 39 cm - 187/8 x 153/8 in. PROVENANCE Private collection, France. BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogue of the exhibition The Soul Thief. Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Versailles, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, 14 September-12 December 2004, reproduced p. 87, fig. 3, cited p. 88 (copy at Christie's Paris April 2004); N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, reproduced p. 300, photo III (late copy at Christie's Paris, April 2004).
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Late 18th century FRENCH school, follower of Maurice Quentin de LA TOUR Portrait of the Abbey François Emmanuel Pommyer (1713-1784) Pastel Late 18th century French school, foll. of M. Quentin de La Tour, Portrait of the Abbey François Emmanuel Pommyer (1713-1784), pastel 48 x 39 cm - 187/8 x 153/8 in. PROVENANCE Private collection, France. BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogue of the exhibition The Soul Thief. Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Versailles, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, 14 September-12 December 2004, reproduced p. 87, fig. 3, cited p. 88 (copy at Christie's Paris April 2004); N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, reproduced p. 300, photo III (late copy at Christie's Paris, April 2004).
