Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2422Location: BostonDate / Time: September 12, 2008 12:00PM
Description:
French School, 18th/19th Century
Portrait of Elisabeth Phillipine Marie Helene
Unsigned.
Pastel on paper, oval format, sight size 24 3/4 x 20 1/4 in. (62.8 x 51.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Subtle soiling, foxing and/or mold, not examined out of frame.
Provenance: Descended within the family of the Countess von Platen Hallermund.
N.B. The portrait of Elisabeth Phillipine Marie Helene, sister of Louis XVI, is after a work attributed to Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun in the Musée National du Château et des Trianons, Versailles.
Estimate $1,500-2,000