Portrait of a young girl, half-length, in a white frilled dress and blue sash, holding a cherry branch, Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou

Portrait of a young girl, half-length, in a white frilled dress and blue sash, holding a cherry branch. Oil on canvas, oval 23 5/8 x 19 7/8 in. (60. 1 x 50. 4 cm. ) with signature and date 'm. Eli. Th lebrun 1787' (centre right) it is likely that in the case of the present portrait, the signature was altered from 'elith lemoine' to the incorrect 'elith lebrun', which will have also lent weight to the earlier suggestion that the sitter was the young mlle la live de la briche, whose portrait by vigée le brun was shown at the salon of 1787. Object Type: painting. Date: late 18th century.