ANTOINE VESTIER (Avallon, 1740-Paris, 1824) PRESUMED... Lot 38

ANTOINE VESTIER (Avallon, 1740-Paris, 1824) PRESUMED PORTRAIT OF MADAME CHALUT DE VERIN, IN A PINK BOW HAIRDO, SALMON DRESS WITH PINK BOW Oval miniature on ivory Signed and dated on the right: vestier fecit 1776 4.2 x 3.5 CM - Total weight: 0.028 kg Partially gilded silver (min 800) reliquary frame Handwritten record of Léon Creissels. Old handwritten identification inside the frame: "Dame Chalut de Verin, milk sister of Louis XV". - Presumed portrait of Mrs Chalut de Vérin, oval miniature, signed and dated on the right: vestier fecit 1776, silver frame partially gilded, old written indentification inside the frame - - Chambermaid to the dauphine Marie Josèphe de Saxe, Mme Chalut de Verin, née Elisabeth Varanchan (Marseille, 1718-Paris, 1780) obtained a position as fermier général for her husband in 1753, another for her brother Louis in 1762, and numerous pensions for her family. At the Dauphine's request, she oversaw the education of Aurore Dupin, illegitimate daughter of the Maréchal de Saxe (future George Sand), and was godmother to her son Maurice Dupin. She had a long affair with Jean-François Marmontel who broke up in 1777. Carmontelle painted her portrait (collections of the Condé Museum, Chantilly).