18th century French school (entourage of François Hubert Drouais) Presumed portrait of the Duchess of Gramont wearing a hat filled with flowers Oil on canvas Bears an apocryphal signature and a date 'Drouais 17(...)' lower left Within an 18th century carved and gilded wooden frame Presumed portrait of the Duchess of Gramont wearing a hat full of flowers, oil on canvas, French school, 18th c. 39.76 x 31.89 in. 101 x 81.5 cm Provenance: Château de Chanteloup, Choiseul gallery; Whitelocke Collection, Amboise ; Anonymous sale; Saint-Dié, Me Morel A & G, 16 December 2007, no. 234 (as "Portrait présumé de la duchesse de Grammont" by François-Hubert Drouais); Acquired at this sale by the current owners Exhibitions: Exposition Universelle, Paris, Palais du Trocadéro, 1878, no. 741 Bibliography: Henry Jouin, Notice historique et analytique des peintures... exposées dans les galeries des Portraits Nationaux au Palais du Trocadéro, Paris, 1879, p. 158, no. 741 18th century French school (Entourage of François Hubert Drouais) 101 x 81.5 cm