Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

 Person

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Portrait de Madame Savalette de Lange, This work is a portrait of Madame Savalette de Lang. She gazes upward passed the viewer. She holds a dark mask in her hand.

 Item — Box 273: [Barcode: 30081049760600]
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s38-i0540
Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0493.1; Public Notes: This work was commissioned by Louis XVI as a present for the sitter. According to the notes on this catalog clipping, this work was sold at Sotheby's between 1958-1959.

Dates: 1930 - 1967
Found in: Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives / Contini-Volterra Photographic Archive / French (FREN)

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