Portrait of a Young Woman

George Blumenthal, New York (by 1926–d. 1941; cat., vol. 1, 1926, pl. LII, no. 2, as by Corneille de Lyon; life interest to his widow, Mrs. Ralph K. Robertson, 1941–66)

Stella Rubinstein-Bloch. Catalogue of the Collection of George and Florence Blumenthal. Vol. 1, Paintings—Early Schools. Paris, 1926, unpaginated, pl. LII, no. 2, compares it with the portraits of Marguerite de Bourbon, duchesse de Nevers, in Versailles (no. 3185) and with Mme des Cars de Pompadour [sic; Suzanne d'Escars, dame de Pompadour], also in Versailles (no. 3171).

Katharine Baetjer. European Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born Before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York, 1995, p. 353, ill.

Anne Dubois de Groër. Corneille de La Haye dit Corneille de Lyon. Paris, 1996, pp. 9, 129, 131, 264, no. 27, ill., finds this portrait superior to a replica in the Cleveland Museum of Art (no. 27A) and publishes in the addenda a third replica in a private collection (no. ADD-7); attributes the face of the young woman in the latter to Corneille and the costume and jewelry to his workshop; rejects the Cleveland Museum's suggestion that the sitter may represent a Valois princess.