18th century FRENCH school, workshop of Joseph Siffrein DUPLESSIS (1725-1802):
Françoise-Parfaite Thaïs de Mailly-Nesle, Princess of Saint-Maurice de Montbarrey, wife of the Minister of War of Louis XVI.
Oil on canvas.
60 x 49 cm. (re-canvasted).
The original dated 1776 is kept at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
The Princess of Montbarrey, the little cousin of the Mailly-Nesle sisters who were intimate with Louis XV, had married on 29 October 1753 the Count of Montbarrey-Saint Maurice, Prince of the Holy Empire and Minister of War under Louis XVI. He was disgraced after a scandal.
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