FREDERIC DUBOIS (FRENCH, FL. C. 1780-1819)
A young Russian lady, possibly a member of the Benckendorff family, in décolleté white shift pinned at shoulders with ruby-set pins, red sash tied in a ribbon around her waist, long string of pearls across shoulders, her right hand holding a gauze veil billowing in the wind across the back and top of her head, dark curling hair; windswept trees and flowers in background
signed 'DuBois' (lower right)
on ivory
octagonal, 3½ x 3 in. (90 x 77 mm.), gilt-metal mount
FREDERIC DUBOIS (FRENCH, FL. C. 1780-1819)
A young Russian lady, possibly a member of the Benckendorff family, in décolleté white shift pinned at shoulders with ruby-set pins, red sash tied in a ribbon around her waist, long string of pearls across shoulders, her right hand holding a gauze veil billowing in the wind across the back and top of her head, dark curling hair; windswept trees and flowers in background
signed 'DuBois' (lower right)
on ivory
octagonal, 3½ x 3 in. (90 x 77 mm.), gilt-metal mount