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Attributed to Jean VALADE (1710 - 1787) Young...

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Attributed to Jean VALADE (1710 - 1787) Young woman playing the viola d'amore Pastel Height: 60 cm Width : 50 cm Recently inscribed on the reverse: "La Belle Musicienne / Vestier / de l'Académie Royale / Ecole française XVIIIth century". Provenance: Marius Paulme Collection; Anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, May 13-15, 1929, no. 257, reproduced (attributed to Vestier); Anonymous sale, Paris, Crédit Municipal de Paris, December 20, 1962 (Antoine Vestier). Bibliography: N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, reproduced p. 537 (? attribution.); online edition, no. J.7554.133 (attribution unlikely. Suggested attribution: circa 1790, follower of Valade).