Anne Henriette Adélaïde, known as Adèle, TORNÉZY, married VARILLAT Fontaine-Française, 1769 - Paris, 1861 "Portrait of a Woman", also known as the artist's self-portrait at the age of 26 Oil on canvas Signed and dated 'Adèle Tornézy / Lan 3eme r' lower right (Restorations) "Portrait de femme", called Self-portrait of the artist aged 26, oil on canvas, signed and dated, by A. H. A. Tornézy 59.44 x 43.89 in. 151 cm x 111.5 cm Provenance : Collection of the artist's brother, Jacques Philippe Guillaume Tornézy (1773-1847) ; To his son Adolphe Léon Tornézy (1802-1878); To his daughter Marie Philippine Elodie Tornézy (1834-1896), wife of Gustave Droz; To their son Paul Droz (1861-1918); To their son Pierre Droz (1892-1966); Then by succession to his daughter ; Then by succession to the current owners; Private collection from the Centre of France Exhibitions: Salon of 1795, n° 493 ("Portrait de femme. 5 pieds 8 pouces de haut, sur 4 pieds 4 p. de large") Bibliography : Probably Albertine Clément-Hémery, Souvenirs de 1793-1794, Cambrai, 1832, p. 46 (this could be the portrait of Mademoiselle Gro... who posed for her three months before the Salon opened: "Your kind friend, Mademoiselle Gro..., posed today for me, and will continue for a few days to have this complaisance") Carole Blumenfeld, Adèle de Romance, dite Romany 1769-1846, exhibition catalogue, Grasse, Musée Fragonard, 2025, p. 67 Carole Blumenfeld, "L'exquise Adèle Tornézy s'invite chez Artcurial", L'Objet d'Art, September 2025, p. 72