"The present portrait, an early work for the artist, depicts Marie-Rose Savalette de Lange, the wife of Etienne-René-Aignan de Sanlot, a fermier général (tax collector).  Le Brun also completed portraits of Madame Savalette de Lange's father and brother.  Depicted bust-length, in a delicate white lace gown, Mme Savalette de Lange looks out at the viewer with a slight smile.  Her gown features a large blue bow on its neckline, echoing the ribbon that holds back her hair.  Le Brun's soft tones and delicate modeling are perfectly suited to the pastel medium." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/important-old-master-paintings-including-european-works-of-art-n08404/lot.361.html">[1]</a>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun" class="extiw" title="w:en:Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun"><span title="18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842)">Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun</span></a>
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Dictionary of pastellists