Lot 371: Attributed to Noel Hallé (Paris 1711-1781)

Attributed to Noel Hallé (Paris 1711-1781)
A young woman looking through the curtains of a bed
black and white chalk, on blue paper, inscribed in an oval
9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.8 x 16.7 cm.); and two portrait drawings by different hands (3)

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 355, 360-62, 371, 375, 380-81 & 384)
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We are grateful to Nicole Willk-Brocard who, on the basis of a photograph, drew our attention to similarities with Hallé's study of a girl, probably his daughter Catherine-Charlotte-Geneviève, peering from behind a curtain (N. Willk-Brocard, Une dynastie: Les Hallé, Paris, 1995, p. 535, no. 636, illustrated). The present drawing may also show the artist's daughter, waking from her sleep.