Portrait of Anne de la Vigne as Calliope in an orange and blue embroidered dress, seated, with laurel crowns around her arm, Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder

Anne de la vigne was a famous french poet, who died in 1684. She is depicted with a laurel wreath around her arm, in the right bottom corner is an inscription "calliope muse de la poesie". From jean moust antiques. . "the attribution to louis elle i is due to sotheby's, london, where this painting had been auctioned in 1987. Looking at other (signed) portraits by louis elle the elder the attribution seems absolutely right. " [1]. Date: 17th century (painted between 1660-1670 according to the purchase receipt from Jean Moust Antiques in Bruges, Belgium). Dimensions: height: 199 cm (78.3 in); width: 144.5 cm (56.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location. Attributed to Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder - Portrait of Anne de la Vigne as Calliope