Portrait Of A Young Woman With A Rose, Circa 1780

Portrait of a Young Woman – French School, circa 1780 - 1790. 
Oil on metal, presented in a Louis XVI period oval giltwood frame with beading (minor losses).

This charming portrait depicts a young woman in bust form, turned slightly to the left, wearing a blue dress laced up the front, adorned with a ribbon and a rose at the bodice. Her powdered hair is held back by a matching ribbon, and her delicately rosy complexion expresses gentleness and reserve, typical of the representation of feminine sensibility at the end of the 18th century.
The understated background, the subtlety of the flesh tones, and the silky rendering of the fabrics reveal the hand of a French portraitist trained in the style of Vigée Le Brun or Greuze, favoring natural elegance and simplicity over ostentation.

Dimensions with frame: 43 x 34 cm