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Lot 91 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE AUSTRIAN COLLECTOR (LOT 91)

School of Fontainebleau

Portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters bathing, a wet nurse beyond

Closed10 July 2009

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GBP 10,625

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School of Fontainebleau
Portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters bathing, a wet nurse beyond
oil on panel
23¼ x 29 in. (59 x 73.6 cm.)

Specialist note

The present work derives from the portrait of Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters bathing by the Master of the School of Fontainebleau, now in the Louvre, Paris. The subject is assumed to allude to the birth of César, son of Henry IV and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées.