SAINT - MICHEL Joseph (Chevalier de) Actif dans... Lot n° 13

Portrait of Madame Fabre, a rose on her bustier. Pastel Signed and dated upper right De St Michel Pint 1775 On the reverse of the support cardboard an old strip of paper added: Portrait of Madame Fabre grandmother of the Countess of Ivry H. 51 - L. 41 cm Provenance : Former collection Serge Grandjean, former chief curator at the Louvre ; Versailles, Hôtel des Chevau - Légers, 30 March 2003, n° 21 (reproduced) ; Bibliography : Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, p. 478 Saint - Michel, Joseph, chevalier de ;(reproduced in colors) (Unicorn Press - London 2006).