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François-Hubert Drouais (1727 – 1775)
Portrait de Madame de Pompadour
François-Hubert Drouais (1727 – 1775)
Portrait de Madame de Pompadour
Oil on canvas, 36 X 42.5 CM

The painting is close to the composition of François-Hubert Drouais, representing the Marquise de Pompadour sitting in front of her loom held at the National Gallery in London.
There are several autograph replicas of this portrait in bust, the Museum of Fine Arts in Orleans, the Prado Museum in Madrid, and an oval painting on anonymous sale, Monaco, June 26, 1983 (Sotheby's), No. 494 , and another having appeared on the anonymous sale, Paris, June 27, 2013 (Sotheby's), n ° 62.
Origin
Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, June 10, 1988 (My Couturier and Nicolay), n ° 57.
Anonymous sale, Neuilly, December 14, 1995 (My Aguttes and Ionesco), n ° 24.
Anonymous auction, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, October 21, 1999, n ° 124.


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