French school, 18th C.,  three quarters-length oil on canvas portrait of Marie Martrin de Donos. She wears an ornate green dress surrounded by a billowing red textile and gazes directly at the viewer. In her left hand she holds a small bouquet and in her hair are additional flowers. Unsigned. Inscription en verso reads: "Marie Martrin / De Donos Femme / de Jacqnes de Mon / tagnac, morte en / 1768" (Marie Martrin de Donos wife of Jacques de Montagnac, died in 1768). With Le Garde Meuble le Public, 18 Rue St. Augustine [Paris]" sticker to stretcher. Housed in a gilt and molded wood frame. Sight: 38 5/8" H x 30 3/4" W. Framed: 49 3/8" H x 37 1/2" W. 

With craquelure throughout, plus stretcher marks with related cracking. Some blooming to varnish layer, especially in background. Verso text faintly visible en recto, especially in raking light. 

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