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Lot 2096 Dα

French School 18th century - Portrait of a Lady

Auction 1221 - overview Cologne
20.05.2023, 11:00 - Old Masters
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 25.200 € (incl. premium)

French School 18th century

Portrait of a Lady

Oil on panel. 40.5 x 32.5 cm.

With a large old label with a hand-written inscription mounted to the back of the panel: "Portrait original / de feue / Madame la Marquise De Pompadour / Favorite celebre du Roi de France Louis XV. / peinte à l’Age de 24 Ans par Boucher / Peintre du Roi […]“ (ill. 1).

Provenance

In Silesian family ownership in Wrochem for several generations. - By descent to South West German aristocratic ownership. - Sold into a South German collection in 1959. - Subsequently by descent in family ownership.