Louis-richard-françois Dupont (montfiquet 1731-rouen 1765) Portrait Of A Lady, 18th Century

Louis-Richard-François DUPONT (Montfiquet 1731-Rouen 1765) Bust-length portrait of a lady in a bull's-eye window, oil on canvas (enlarged by about 3 cm on the sides)
Height: 65 cm; Width: 54.5 cm - A few minor accidents.

Provenance: Léon Van Dalin Mniseczch Collection (label on the back, no. 223: "French school, Portrait of a lady")

Bibliography : Georges Mahé, Etude biographique sur Louis-Richard-François Dupont de Montfiquet, peintre normand, élève de Natier (1734-1765), Caen, Société d'impression de Basse-Nomrandie, 1931

In the book Catalogue d’exposition Jean-Marc Nattier 1685-1766, October 26, 1999-January 30, 2000, Musée National des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, in the chapter “The true students of Jean-Marc Nattier,” Louis Richard François Dupont is named among Nattier’s principal students. The author notes the similarities between the master’s portraits and his own: “They share (…) not only the use of the same disguises and the same compositions, but also a taste for shimmering materials (…) At most, they are distinguished by a predisposition to break the lines and emphasize them with light.” (p. 37)

Some auction results : 
Paris, Audap et Associés, 11 mai 2023 : Portrait de dame en source, oil on canvas, 89.5 x 71.5 cm, € 12,015
Paris, Millon, 14 dec 2021 : Portrait d’une jeune femme, oil on canvas, 72 x 59 cm, € 4,000
Paris, Christie's, 28 sep 2015 : Portrait présumé de Marie-Adélaïde de France (1732-1800) (1757), oil on canvas, 138 x 104 cm, € 26,250
Paris, Ader-Tajan, 28 jun 1993 : Portrait d'homme en habit bleu, la main dans le gilet (1752), oil on canvas, 81 x 63 cm, € 6,098 
Paris, Ruellan, 27 avril 2000 : Portrait d'un homme en armure (1758), huile sur toile, 91 x 73 cm,  € 56,406