""le Billet Doux" Oil On Canvas Circa 1680"
Oil on canvas depicting a woman of quality, with a Fontange hairstyle, a silver goblet in her hand, preparing to drink a sweet wine, while a young servant, placed behind her and as if emerging from the hangings, brings her a message that we imagine to be a secret love note. At her side, a young black page dressed in oriental style and wearing a turban presents her with sweets.Oil on canvas (Relining; some restorations, notably on the edge). 130.5 x 108 cm.
Wooden frame and gilded stucco in the Regency style with a shell and floral scroll motif (accidents and losses). French school, last quarter of the 17th century - Circle of Pierre GOBERT (Paris 1662-id.; 1744)
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