Comtesse du Barry

Jeanne Bécu de Cantigny, aka Mademoiselle de Vaubernier, by her marriage "comtesse du Barry"
born 19 august 1743 in Vaucouleurs in Lorraine and beheaded by the guillotine in Paris on 8th decembre 1793
She was the last favorite of king Louis XV.
This painting was made after the original by François-Hubert Drouais.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
frame: ivory chips
preservation painting: excellent
preservation frame: excellent
signed
dimension vertically: 155 mm
inner diameter: 81 mm
thick: 10 mm
convex glass
suspension ring
backside information (handwritten): 3080/234 comtesse Dubarry, followed by a rubber stamp






stock number 470