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She invented fashion: Honest women adopt the shape of her hat and the cut of her bodice.
– LOUIS DE FOURCAUD, “BELLES FILLES,” IN LES TYPES DE PARIS
21 Jean-François Raffaëlli
F R E N C H , 1 8 5 0 — 1 9 2 4
PORTRAIT D’UNE ÉLÉGANTE
signed JF Raffaëlli (lower right)
inscription on the back Madame B.
oil on canvas
33 ¹/₂ by 18 in. (85 by 45.7 cm.)
PR O V E N A NC E
Sale: Tajan, Paris, November 16, 2001, lot 109 (as Élégante au chien)
Estate of Walter Kaye, New York (and sold: Doyle New York, May 3,
2016, lot 14 as Élégante au chien)
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