Lot 41: PIERRE ROUVIER (FRENCH, 1742-1815)

PIERRE ROUVIER (FRENCH, 1742-1815)
A young lady, in décolleté mint green dress with white underslip, gauze veil falling from her powdered hair
signed and dated 'Rouvier. 1781.' (mid-left)
on ivory
3 in. (78 mm.) diam., silver-gilt réverbère frame with white enamel pellet surround

The Property of a Nobleman; Christie's, London, 27 July 1976, lot 89.

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