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| Title | Portrait of an Unknown Lady | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Attributed to French School Previously attributed to Largillière, Nicolas de (French painter and draftsman, 1656-1746) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1700 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1800 | |
| Description | This is a graceful, half-length portrait of a young lady in an oval format. The sitter is attired in eighteenth-century costume, with a pink bodice, wraps of blue velvet and white gauze, and a neat, silvery wig. She wears flowers over her left ear, and with her left hand she holds a posy of pink and white flowers to her breast. She is slightly turned to gaze at the viewer. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1930.21 | |
| Subject | portrait | |
| Measurements | 76.2 x 50.8 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on canvas | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Mrs Leslie Williams 1930. | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Bath Assembly Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1948. | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Pictures: Exhibition of Pictures in the Possession of the Corporation of the City of Bath, Bath, 1948, p. 21 (as Nicholas de Largillière); Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 114 (as Nicolas de Largilliere); Sloman, S.,, Victoria Art Gallery: Concise Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Bath, 1991, p. 40 (as French School). | |
| Notes | Mrs Leslie Williams, of Swainswick, Bath, bequeathed pictures, ceramics and furniture to the gallery. | |
| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |