Portrait of the Comte de Caylus
18th century
Artists
Description
A tondo profile portrait of the Comte de Caylus facing left.
Dimensions
diameter: 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin, Paris; Charles-Angélique-François Huchet, Comte de la Bédoyère, Paris; his sale, Paris, 8 June 1921, part of lot 42; Roquigny (as of 1929); private collection, Paris (as of 1949); Honorable Irwin B. Laughlin, Washington D.C.; Gertrude Chanler, Geneseo, NY, by descent; her sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 June 1959, lot 9; Colnaghi, London and New York; Robert Lehman Foundation, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.
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