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[DUTCH or GERMAN SCHOOL]

Portrait of a young lady
first half 18th c.
€300 - €500

Black chalk, heightened with lead white, on blue paper, squaring grid in pencil, 315 x 234 mm. Hinged to 19th-c. passe-partout by upper edge (old repairs at left edge on verso, light foxing throughout, lead oxidation in some minor parts)

An elegant portrait of a young unidentified lady in sumptuous attire, posing besides an antique flower vase and a piece of baroque sculpture. Most likely a preparatory study for a painted portrait of a larger format, suggested by the squaring grid used for transfer