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183 - From the circle of Jean-François COLSON (1733–1803) Presumed portrait of the singer Marie-Joséphine Laguerre (1754–1783) Pastel. 65 x 52 cm
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From the circle of Jean-François COLSON (1733–1803) Presumed portrait of the singer Marie-Joséphine Laguerre (1754–1783) Pastel. 65 x 52 cm Related Work: Compare with an oil on canvas depicting the same young woman, offered at auction at Sotheby’s New York on January 27, 2012 (lot 473) as an original work by Colson. J-F Colson’s obituary notes that he also painted pastels with great ease and that Latour reportedly asked him to devote himself exclusively to this medium (Neil Jeffares). A singer at the Paris Opera, Mademoiselle Laguerre left behind the amusing memory of having performed *Iphigénie en Tauride*, drunk from having had too much champagne, which prompted Sophie Arnould to reply to an aristocrat who asked her if the opera being performed was *Iphigénie en Aulis or in Tauris, “No, it’s *Iphigénie en Champagne*!”
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