Lot 223
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AFTER FRANÇOIS DUMONT (FRENCH, 1751-1831)
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AFTER FRANÇOIS DUMONT (FRENCH, 1751-1831)

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AFTER FRANÇOIS DUMONT (FRENCH, 1751-1831)
A young lady, in white dress with blue sash around her waist and white headscarf in her brown curly hair, playing a harpsichord; landscape and pillar background
on ivory
2.7/8 in. (72 mm.) diam, gilt-metal frame, inscribed on reverse in modern ink, 'Mm<\sup>e<\sup> Royale / voir la Louis XVII / de François Laurentie / no<\sup> 56.'
Provenance
Jacques-Bertrand-Marie-Joseph-Armand-Nompar de Caumont la Force, 13th Duc de la Force (1912-1985); (+) Christie's London, 24 May 2000, lot 183.
Alain Bancel Collection, Paris; (+) Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21 May 2003, lot 316.
Special Notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

Two other versions of the present miniature were sold; Sotheby's, London, 5 March 1998, lot 7; another was in the collection of Lucien and Hélène Mellerio, sold Paris, Four Seasons Hôtel George V, Etude Tajan, 20 June 2001, lot 5.

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