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Portrait of the Countess of Balbi at the piano by Nicolas Le François

The Countess of Balbi sitting at the pianoforte, by Nicolas Le François, 1788.<br/> &copy; madd Bordeaux - Maurice Aeschimann
The Countess of Balbi sitting at the pianoforte, by Nicolas Le François, 1788.
©madd Bordeaux - Maurice Aeschimann
Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1958 - Inv 58.1.6210

This miniature on ivory by Nicolas Le François, painted in 1788, shows Anne-Jacobé de Caumont La Force, Countess of Balbi, sitting at her pianoforte. Lady-in-waiting of the Countess of Provence and favourite of the future Louis XVIII, she is one of the famous characters of the revolutionary period...

object n°23 (pdf - 48.11 Ko)