"Portrait of a Lady, said to be Madame de La Valliére, seated, three-quarter length beside a table, wearing a blue gown decorated with jewels, and holding a broken string of pearls", Pierre Mignard I

"the prime version of this composition, painted in 1673, before madame de la valliére entered a carmelite convent, was previously in the cranford collection (see l. Nikolenko, pierre mignard, 1982, p. 118, no. 12). Another version with identical dimensions was previously in the dayton art institute, dayton, ohio, sold at christie's, london, nov. 5, 1982, lot 166. " [1]. Date: 17th century. Dimensions: height: 94 cm (37 in); width: 76.2 cm (30 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location. Attributed to Pierre Mignard - Portrait of a Lady, said to be Madame de La Valliére