École française du XVIIIe siècle Lot n° 6

Portrait of Princess Marie Adélaïde de France, known as Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800) Oval miniature depicting her in bust form, wearing a celestial blue habit (transverse crack). In its oval gilt bronze frame. On the back, handwritten inscription "S.A.R. Mad(am)e Adélaide donné par elle à M(adam)e la comtesse de Narbonne Lara". Height: 5.7 cm - Width: 4.5 cm (at sight) History: Françoise de CHALUS, duchesse de NARBONNE-LARA, dame de La BOVE (February 24, 1734 in Chalus - July 7, 1821 in Paris) was a lady-in-waiting of Madame Adélaide. Lady-in-waiting to Madame Adélaïde. She was mistress to her father, King Louis XV.