Early 18th-Century Portrait Fragment Of A Veiled Lady

Early 18th-Century Portrait Fragment Of A Veiled LadyAn enigmatic and slightly macabre early 18th century portrait fragment of a lady. She wears a sumptuous satin dress, which is crisscrossed at the front with ribbon, and a luxurious lace veil. How she ended up like this is a mystery and the story has been lost over time. It seems that there were multiple attempts at restoration, including a reline at some point, but these were never fully completed. That said, we love her present appearance and she

Housed in its original frame and signed in the lower right

There’s an area towards the top in which some darker paint has gathered but this is as the artist intended

719 achieved for ‘Nature Morte Au Bouquet’

North Germany

372 at Burchard

but the paint layer is stable

Overall size 23” x 29” / 59cm x 74cm

James Bard painted the Morrisania along with another of the fleet known as ‘Shady Side’

Germany Condition

The painting is monogrammed in the lower left and housed within a period frame

Barotte exhibited at the Salons de Nancy and Remiremont until 1913 and at the Salon of French artists from 1912

A few areas of paint loss