Property from a British Private Collection
Follower of Jean-Baptiste Santerre
Portrait of a lady, possibly Marguerite Blanchot, as an allegory of architecture
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Property from a British Private Collection
Follower of Jean-Baptiste Santerre
Portrait of a lady, possibly Marguerite Blanchot, as an allegory of architecture
oil on canvas
unframed: 68 x 81 cm.; 26¾ x 31⅞ in.
framed: 97.6 x 109.2 cm.; 38⅜ x 43 in.
Anonymous sale, Florence, Pandolfini, 3 March 2020, lot 219 (as French School, 19th century);
Where acquired.
This composition relates to a lost original by Santerre, known through two other copies.1 It is thought that the sitter may be the artist's main pupil and companion, Marguerite Blanchot.
1 See C. Lesné, 'Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651–1717)', Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire de l'Art Français, 1989 (1988), pp. 100–01, no. 42
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