Lot n° 195
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François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775), workshop of - Lot 195
François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775), workshop of
Portrait of a young woman
Oil on oval canvas depicting a young woman wearing a pink
in a pink dress with white fur, a pearl necklace
flowers and pearls.
In a molded wood frame carved with a frieze of pearls.
topped by a pediment with a ribbon-tied flower garland.
a cartel inscribed Mlle le Normant d'Etioles
d'Etioles by H. Drouais le Fils.
H. 66 cm - L. 54 cm.
On the back, a gilder's label by Wanderberg Frères.
Doreurs Miroitiers 10 Place Delaborde Près de l'Eglise
Saint Augustin.
(A few small dents, minor repainting, later cartel)
History: François-Hubert Drouais (1727-1775) was a French painter
specializing in portraits, whose production he dominated in the late
at the end of the reign of Louis XV. He was a pupil of his father Hubert Drouais,
Donatien Nonnotte, Carle Van Loo and François Boucher.
Admitted to the Académie Royale in 1758, he was soon called to Versailles.
Madame de Pompadour's favorite painter, he painted her portrait in
1763-1764, now in London's National Gallery. He then worked
for Madame du Barry. He enjoyed great renown at the French court
the French court, executing portraits of the royal family and the
nobility
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