A pastel representing a young woman with a blue ribbon.
Inscribed on the verso "Ce pastel porte au verso l'inscription suivante : Demoiselles du Busci, 1781, 4 mars. Payé à M. De La Tour pour chaque portrait, quatre cents livres. de Busseul".
Very nice original frame, with its original gilding.
Dimensions frame included.
Louis XVI period (1774 - 1793).
18th century.
Bibliography:
Neil Jeffares : Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, p. 14