Lot 23021: Attributed to LOUIS TOCQUÉ (French 1696-1772)

Attributed to LOUIS TOCQUÉ (French 1696-1772) Portrait of the Duchess of Montmorency Oil on canvas 42 x 32 inches (106.7 x 81.3 cm) Provenance: probably Brandus sale, New York, April 17, 1907, no. 122 ($1,600 to P. M. West); probably Brandus sale, New York, April 1, 1908, no. 106 ($1,000 to D. Russell). Literature: Arnauld Doria, Louis Tocqué: biographie et catalogue critiques; l'oeuvre complet de l'artiste , Paris, 1929, cat. no. 239, pp. 127-8. The sitter, Louise-Françoise-Pauline de Montmorency, was the only daughter of the Prince de Tingry. She was married twice, first to the Comte de Montmorency-Luxembourg with whom she had three children, and second to Louis-François-Joseph, Prince of Montmorency-Logny. She died in 1818.