Description
François de TROY (1645-1730) Portrait of a lady in a blue dress and pink silk overcoat holding an orange branch, known as La Belle Menuisière (The Beautiful Carpenter) Canvas Height : 117 cm Width: 90 cm Wooden frame and gilded stucco with shells. Provenance: - Probably from the collection of the Duchesse de Berry at the Château de Rosny (perhaps inherited from her husband Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duc de Berry (1778-1820) at the Palais de l'Élysée); - private collection of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; - Christie's sale of Stowe Castle 13/09/1848; p 169, lot n°217 (as "La Belle Menuisiere - from the Duchess de Berri's collection - (Rigaud)"); - private collection of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle and Earl of Lincoln; - Christie's London sale 04/06/1937, p 20, Lot n°86 as H.Rigaud, buyer ("M ou Mme Pakin"); - private collection of Jane Edwards Champlin; - Christie's New-York sale 03/06/1998 lot n°40 (entourage of Alexis Simon Belle); - private collection New-York. Exhibition: Probably exhibited at the Midland Counties Art Museum, England, in 1879, (on loan from the Duchess of Newcastle). Old restorations We would like to thank Mr. Dominique Brême for confirming our attribution from photos.
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François de TROY (1645-1730) Portrait of a lady in a blue dress and pink silk overcoat holding an orange branch, known as La Belle Menuisière (The Beautiful Carpenter) Canvas Height : 117 cm Width: 90 cm Wooden frame and gilded stucco with shells. Provenance: - Probably from the collection of the Duchesse de Berry at the Château de Rosny (perhaps inherited from her husband Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duc de Berry (1778-1820) at the Palais de l'Élysée); - private collection of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; - Christie's sale of Stowe Castle 13/09/1848; p 169, lot n°217 (as "La Belle Menuisiere - from the Duchess de Berri's collection - (Rigaud)"); - private collection of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle and Earl of Lincoln; - Christie's London sale 04/06/1937, p 20, Lot n°86 as H.Rigaud, buyer ("M ou Mme Pakin"); - private collection of Jane Edwards Champlin; - Christie's New-York sale 03/06/1998 lot n°40 (entourage of Alexis Simon Belle); - private collection New-York. Exhibition: Probably exhibited at the Midland Counties Art Museum, England, in 1879, (on loan from the Duchess of Newcastle). Old restorations We would like to thank Mr. Dominique Brême for confirming our attribution from photos.
