PIERRE CHASSELAT (FRENCH, 1753-1814)
Lot 130

PIERRE CHASSELAT (FRENCH, 1753-1814)

Closed4 June 2013

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GBP 1,062

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PIERRE CHASSELAT (FRENCH, 1753-1814)
A young lady, in décolleté black muslin dress over white underdress, a nosegay at corsage, gold-bordered white turban over her dark curling hair
on ivory
oval, 2 5/8 in. (68 mm.) high, silvered copper mount
an old inscription in ink on the backing paper reads 'J.B. Augustin Pesse de Bénévent'

Specialist note

The suggested identification of the sitter as the mistress and later wife of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the Princesse de Bénévent, could not be substantiated.