A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques were favoured in this later

were favoured in this later period of Regency design emphasising the gay informality of the new taste rather than the opulent and rich pieces made earlier

anatomical diagrams and models along with other associated items

and with much of the original paintwork flaked back with some remaining to the masks

Depth: 2” (all at extremities)

Lechertier Barbe’s trade catalogue

A Late 18thC French School Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Lady c.1780-90 antiques were favoured in this laterOrigin: French Period: Louis XVI Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 90 Height: 23. 25 Width: 19 The beautiful half length portrait in rectangular form of a French lady, painted in oils on canvas and unframed, wearing a beautiful lace and flowered headdress, pouffed lace neckdress, to a stole laden satin dress, her soft face looking out to the viewer with beautifully rendered blue eyes, her curly locked hair billowing from beneath the lace, the work