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École française du XIXe siècle

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19th century French school
After François-Hubert Drouais
Bust portrait of a child in a red habit, known as Le jeune élève or Le comte de Choiseul en élève modèle (The young pupil or the Count of Choiseul as a model pupil)
Pastel
60 x 50 cm - 23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in

Bust portrait of a child in red clothing, known as The Young Pupil or The Count of Choiseul as a Model Pupil, pastel

This is a copy of the original (lost) from the Salon of 1761 (no. 83), which served as the model for a tapestry made at the Gobelins by Michel-Henri Cozette (1744-1822). The Musée du Louvre in Paris holds another replica, painted in oils (RF 1924).