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| Title:: |
The Locket |
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| Artist: |
Attributed to Lavreince, Nicolas |
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| Medium: |
black chalk |
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| Period: |
French 18th Century |
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Rococo |
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Height(mm):
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373
272
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| Price: |
$6,500.00 |
| Description: |
Fine, finished drawing on blue laid paper, laid down to an old French mount. In a drawing room two elegantly dressed young women are standing, one adjusting a locket around the neck of the other. The latter is smiling and holding in her two hands, a sheet of paper, perhaps a letter. Behind her is a shelf , probably the top of a fireplace, with a vase. At the right, in front of a screen, is a chair and table with a coffee urn, cups and a few flowers. The work was previously sold (Sotheby's, London, July, 1988, $5238) as attributed to Lavreince (Lafrensen) the Elder (1698-1756), but it is far more likely to be by the Younger. |
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