ATTRIBUTED TO NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (French, 1656-1746). PORTRAIT OF FRANCOISE BERTAUT DE MOTTEVILLE (c. 1621-1689), with old label in French on reverse identifying the sitter as "Madame de Motteville" with additional text. Oil on canvas. Framed in the oval - 25 3/4 in. x 32 in. Estimate $4,500-5,500
Note: Madame de Motteville was a member of the personal court of Anne of Austria (wife of King Louis XIII). Included in this lot is a copy of the subject's historically important three-volume memoirs of court life under Queen Anne.
