Lot 634: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (Saint-Quentin 1704-1788)

Portrait study of a lady, said to be Miss Fell pastel 288 x 240 mm. PROVENANCE With B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, 1952, no. 59. H.E. ten Cate, Almelo. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 December 1969, lot 30. Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 5 December 1988, lot 108 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-132). LITERATURE B.H. Reiger, 'Tekeningen en Prenten' in Op de Hoogte, ge‹llustreerd Maandchrift, September 1929, p. 306, illustrated p. 290. Dr. D. Hannema, The H. E. ten Cate Collection, Rotterdam, 1955, no. 252, pl. 123. EXHIBITION Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst door de Vereniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederland, 1929, no. 230, illustrated. Amsterdam, Willet Holthuysen Museum, Pastels uit drie eeuwen, 1934, no. 25.