Full-length portrait of a young blonde woman in a black velvet dress leaning on a harp, Louis-François Aubry

"according to p. Jean-ricahrd, it is a portrait of baroness de benoist (inventory of ivory miniatures preserved in the drawings cabinet, louvre museum and orsay museum, paris, 1994, n. 6). According to nathalie lemoine-bouchard in miniature painters, 1650-1850, les éditions l'amateur, paris, 2008, p. 53-54, cited p. 54, repr. P55 (c); there are many replicas of this portrait. The composition itself, a woman leaning on her lyre, inspired other artists, notably delaplace and delgot. ". Object Type: portrait miniature. Date: clothing styles suggest 1810s. Dimensions: height: 28.2 cm (11.1 in) ; width: 18 cm (7 in). Medium: ivory, miniature. Collection: Louvre Museum. Portrait de la baronne de Benoist by Louis-François Aubry