Louis Léopold BOILLY (La Bassée 1761 - Paris 1845) Presumed portrait of Marie-Catherine Nitot Canvas 22 x 16,5 cm Provenance : Sale Lafitte Collection & à Divers, Paris (Mes Delorme et Collin du Bocage), 17 No-november 2003, n°83. Bibliography : E. Bréton, P. Zuber, Boilly, le peintre de la société parisienne de Louis XVI à Louis-Philippe, Vol. II, Paris, n°1302 PP. The counterpart to this portrait is that of her husband, Marie-Etienne Nitot, Bonaparte's jeweler and creator of the jewelry house that would become the Chaumet house in 1885.

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