French school circa 1790 Portrait of a young woman in a shirt, her left hand holding a laurel wreath in a landscape Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, round form Diameter: 6.8 cm CIC no. 2024/BE02092/CE Gold and silver frame with cream-coloured silk backing In a rectangular case from Boin-Taburet Portrait of a young lady wearing a shirt, watercolour and gum arabic on circular ivory, French School, ca. 1790 D.: 2.67 in. Provenance: Collection of Hermann Emden (1840-1913), Hamburg ; His 4th sale; Berlin, Rudolph-Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 3 May 1911, no. 220, ill. pl. 17 ; Boin-Taburet Collection; Galerie Jaegy-Theoleyre, Paris; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent ; Private collection, Belgium (Traces of mushrooms in the background retouched) French school circa 1790