Provenance

Marie-Thérèse, comtesse de la Béraudière

French, probably died 1930

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Shown from the waist up and in front of a dark background, a pale-skinned girl looks over her shoulder at us in this vertical portrait panting. She has wide-set hazel eyes under curved brows, a delicate nose, flushed cheeks, and her narrow, pink lips are closed over a pointed chin. Her brown hair falls in bangs to either side of her forehead and is otherwise pulled back. Her body is angled to our right almost in profile. Her white garment has a low neckline, high waist, and short, ruched sleeves. White fabric tucked into the neckline opens out to each side like a collar. The shadowy brown background behind her glows a little brighter around her head and neck.
Louis-Léopold Boilly, Caroline Mortier de Trévise, c. 1810/1812, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.2

Caroline Mortier de Trévise

Louis-Léopold Boilly · c. 1810/1812 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.2

Charles David, Portrait of a Young Horsewoman, 1839, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.15

Portrait of a Young Horsewoman

Charles David · 1839 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.15

Louis-Léopold Boilly, Malvina Mortier de Trévise, c. 1810/1812, oil on canvas, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.3

Malvina Mortier de Trévise

Louis-Léopold Boilly · c. 1810/1812 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1963.10.3

Bibliography

1928

  • Mayer, August L. "Die Gemälde der Sammlung Comtesse de la Beraudière." Pantheon 2 (1928):275-283

1930

  • "160 Béraudière Picture to be Sold Here." Art Digest 5 (1 December 1930):20

1931

  • International Studio 98 (January 1931):53-54