Jean-François GERARD, known as FONTALLARD (Mézières, 1772 - Paris, 1857) Portrait of a Young Woman in a White Satin Dress with Fur-trimmed Coat Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, oval shape Signed and dated 'Fontallard 1812' centre left CIC no. 2024/BE02096/CE Portrait of a young lady wearing a white satin dress, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed and dated, by J.-F. Gerard, called Fontallard 2.99 x 2.08 in. 7.6 x 5.3 cm Provenance: Galerie Jacques Kugel, Paris ; Possibly anonymous sale; Paris, Sotheby's, 14 June 2006, no. 149 ; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium The counterpart to our miniature probably corresponds to the portrait of a young man in a hussar waistcoat against a sky background sold by us on 14 June 2023 (no. 92). Similar in size (8 x 5.2 cm), this portrait of a young man was also painted in 1812. Jean-François GERARD, known as FONTALLARD (Mézières, 1772 - Paris, 1857) 7.6 x 5.3 cm The counterpart to our miniature probably corresponds to the portrait of a young man in a hussar waistcoat against a sky background sold by us on 14 June 2023 (no. 92). Similar in size (8 x 5.2 cm), this portrait of a young man was also painted in 1812.