French School, 19th Century


Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Mademoiselle Christine-Antoinette-Charlotte Desmares; Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere as Saint Victoria; Portrait of a lady, said to be Charlotte Gaucher de Mouchy, comtesse d'Herouville; and Portrait of a noblewoman a set of four, oil on copper, ovals16.8 x 14cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/2in). (4)
|The portrait traditionally identified as Mademoiselle Christine-Antoinette-Charlotte Desmares is after Jean Baptiste Santerre's original, offered at Sotheby's, Paris on 23 June 2004, lot 11. The portrait of Vittoria della Rovere is after Mario Balassi's original, which was with Trinity Fine Art, London in 1997. The portrait of Charlotte Gaucher de Mouchy is after Charles-Antoine Coypel, known through an engraving by Louis Surugue.