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Portrait of a lady in a black dress, half length, wearing a feathered bonnet; and Portrait of a lady in a green dress, half length, wearing a white lace bonnet both signed 'Gautherot' oil on panel (a pair) 33 x 24cm

Footnote: Provenance: From the collection of Hubert Faure (1919-2020), Albany, Piccadilly, London Son of the sculptor, Claude Gautherot (1729-1802), Pierre Gautherot trained under Jacques-Louis David, entering his studio in 1787. He exhibited at the Louvre between 1793-1824 and is best remembered for his portraits of notable figures of the day and Napoleonic subjects. A portrait of Voltaire by his hand, based on an earlier composition by Nicolas de Largillière, is in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.

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