Pierre ALLAIS Paris, 1700/1702 - 1781/1782 Portrait of a young woman with a white dress and pink bows holding a book Oil on canvas Signed and dated 'allais 17(...)7' on the left (Restorations) Within a carved and gilded oak frame, French work of the Louis XV period Portrait of a young lady, oil on canvas, signed and dated, by P. Allais 81,50 x 65 cm (32,09 x 25,59 in.) Provenance: Former collection of Count A. de Ganay ; His sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Chevalier, 16 April 1907, no. 1; Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Lair-Dubreuil, 2 April 1909, no. 5 (sold to Monsieur Bonjean); Galerie Cailleux, Paris, 1948; Acquired by Mr Jean Fraissinet from Galerie Cailleux; Then by descent; Private collection, Provence