Live Auction 7731Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
FRANÇOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887)
Lot 137

FRANÇOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887)

The Marquise de Mesgrigny, in low-cut white dress with short bouffant sleeves and white frill-edged shift, white satin sash, her centre-parted dark hair dressed in ringlets and plaited bun, adorned with pink rose; curtain and sky background

Closed2 June 2009

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GBP 2,750

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FRANÇOIS MEURET (FRENCH, 1800-1887)
The Marquise de Mesgrigny, in low-cut white dress with short bouffant sleeves and white frill-edged shift, white satin sash, her centre-parted dark hair dressed in ringlets and plaited bun, adorned with pink rose; curtain and sky background
signed 'Meuret.' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 3 15/16 in. (106 mm.) high, ormolu frame with egg-and-dart band and beaded outer border, pierced ribbon and tie surmount

From the sitter to her daughter, the future Comtesse du Parc.
Thence by family descent to the Comte du Parc, Villebertin Castle near Troyes, until the sale of the contents of the castle in situ 24-26 September 1982 (Maîtres Jonquet, Troyes).
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 April, 1996, lot 131.
Christie's, London, 21 October 1997, lot 131.

Specialist note

Faustine Pagès, Marquise de Mesgrigny, was the wife of Edmond, Marquis de Mesgrigny.