"this pastel portrait represents a young woman wearing an imposing bonnet. Her costume appears to date from the late 1780s. The initials at the bottom right are not identified ("co or cus"?). This portrait comes from a private collection linked to the niderviller factory. It would represent the countess of custine, delphine de sabran (1770-1826). In 1787, dephine de sabran married armand de custine, who received the lordship of niderviller with its factory. It was in niderviller that delphine de custine gave birth to her second son, astolphe de custine in march 1790, before being imprisoned for eight months in the carmes at the time of the revolution. His son evokes in russia in 1839 the support for his liberation provided by the workers of niderviller led by j-b's daughter. Malriat director of the factory (from 1737 to 1759) and the memory they had of it: “present in all hearts”. Delphine de custine, a skilled portrait painter, is a romantic character who inspired her friends mme. De staël and chateaubriand. Although some paintings by delphine de custine are known, she also painted a niderviller teapot with a grisaille de petit feu decoration. " [1]. Date: between 1780 and 1810. Dimensions: height: 37 cm (14.5 in); width: 46 cm (18.1 in). Medium: glass, pastel, wood. Collection: Saarland-Museum Saarburg.
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