Jean VALADE (1710-1787) Portrait of Anne-Claudine Mayneaud de la Tour (1730-1807), first married in 1749 to Jean-Laurent Mazade de Bobigny, then in 1759 to Emmanuel de Pons, known as the Chevalier de Pons, first gentleman of the Duc d'Orléans' chamber. Pastel, signed and dated 1750 upper left. 63.5 x 52.3 cm Antique gilded wood frame. Bibliography : Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1880, Version online, Valade, p. 9, quoted. Related work : See Carmontelle's portrait of Anne-Claudine Mayneaud de la Tour, in the Musée Condé, Chantilly

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