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Attributed to Jean Antoine Laurent (French, 1763–1832)
Portrait of a Young Woman
ca. 1795
Ivory
Octagonal, 2 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. (63 x 73 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Louis V. Bell, in memory of her husband, 1925
25.106.16
The gilt metal frame is glazed at the back to reveal an ivory backing decorated with pansies, leaves, and a bowknot, all fashioned from two types of hair, one brown and one fair.

Lemoine-Richard [see Ref. 2003] attributes the miniature to Mortier and states that there is a pendant by the same artist.
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