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[[underline]] #6454 [[/underline]]

"Portrait of a Young Girl" by Jean, Francois, Gille, COLSON (1733-1803).

Bust portrait of a young blonde girl, seen in profile; her hat drooping forward. She wears a white fichu around her hair which is tied at the nape of her neck, and is clad in a red dress with a transparent lace collar.

[[underline]] Former collection: [[/underline]] Baron de St. Blanca

[[underline]] Exhibited: [[/underline]] "Enfants d'Autrefois", Bibliothèque de Versailles, 1931, No. 52.

[[underline]] Height: [[/underline]] 18"   [[underline]] Width: [[/underline]] 14-7/8"
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[[underline]] #6444 [[/underline]] 

"La Sieste" by P. MERCIER

[[underline]] Exhibited: [[/underline]] "Le XVIIIe aux Champs", 1929, No. 48. 
L'Art Français au XVIII siècle a Copenhague, 1935, No. 136.

[[underline]] Height: [[/underline]] 22"    Width: 18"
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[[underline]] #5521 [[/underline]] 

"Portrait of Monsieur de la Bretèche" by Jean Honore FRAGONARD (1732-1808). French school of the 18th century.

This portrait, revealing an intimate pose, represents the person turned three-quarters to the right, the face completely animated by a smile. One can easily recognize in him, Fragonard's intimate friend whom he constantly saw and who posed for the celebrated picture in the Salle Lacaze at the Louvre, entitled, "La Musique".

[[underline]] Collection: [[/underline]] Brisco, Dublin.
See lengthy description written by Mr. Francois Boucher.

[[underline]] Reproduced: [[/underline]] "Amour de l'Art", July, 1935, P. 245.

[[underline]] Exhibited: [[/underline]] "L'Art Francais au XVIII siècle, Copenhagen, 1935, No. 75.

[[underline]] Height: [[/underline]] 19"  [[underline]] Width: [[/underline]] 18-1/2"
Price: $25,000.00