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
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