Lot 79: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (Paris 1715-1783 Amsterdam)

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (Paris 1715-1783 Amsterdam)
Portrait of Louise, Landgräfin von Hessen, bust-length, in a rose-coloured gown
signed and dated 'Perronneau 1777.' (upper right)
pastel, in a feigned oval
27 x 21 in. (68.5 x 53 cm.)

New York, World's Fair, Masterpieces of Art, 1940, no. 217 (lent by Mrs Charles A. Wimpfheimer).

N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, 2006, p. 405.

Herzogin Maria von Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (according to the 1957 sale catalogue).
Mrs Charles A. Wimpfheimer, New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13 March 1957, lot 61.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (Paris 1715-1783 Amsterdam)
Portrait of Louise, Landgräfin von Hessen, bust-length, in a rose-coloured gown
signed and dated 'Perronneau 1777.' (upper right)
pastel, in a feigned oval
27 x 21 in. (68.5 x 53 cm.)