Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1740–1766)
This portrait of the talented daughter of the financier Jean-Antoine Randon, sieur de Malboissière, is posthumous. Her garland includes rose laurel, alluding to a character named Laurette in a pastoral play written by her.
Artwork Details
- Title: Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1740–1766)
- Artist: Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger (French, Paris 1704–1778 Paris)
- Date: 1768
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bust: white marble; plinth: brèche violette marble
- Dimensions: Height (bust): 31 1/2 in. (80 cm); Height (plinth): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
- Object Number: 49.7.73
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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