Portrait of a young woman with a blue ribbon.

Pastel representing a young woman with a blue ribbon.

Inscription on the back "This pastel bears the following inscription on the back
: Demoiselles du Busci, 1781, 4 March. Paid to Mr. De La Tour for each
portrait, four hundred pounds. of Busseul”.

Very beautiful period frame with its original gilding.

Dimensions with frame.

Louis period XVI (1774 - 1793).

XVIIIth century.

Dimensions: Height: 54 cm; Width: 45,5 cm.

References:

Neil Jeffares: Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, P. 14