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Charles Nicolas COCHIN (1715-1790), attributed...

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Charles Nicolas COCHIN (1715-1790), attributed to : PORTRAIT PRESUME DE MADAME CHARDIN. Lead pencil with white highlights, round form. D. 10 cm. Former provenance: Hôtel Drouot sale, February 28, Maître Lair-Dubreuil et M. Loys Delteil. On the back, a handwritten note specifies, according to Monsieur Pierre Rosenberg to whom our drawing was submitted in 1979, that this portrait probably represents Chardin's second wife, née Françoise Marguerite Pouget (1707-1791). The couple were married in the church of Saint-Sulpice on November 26, 1744. Examination receipt on Ministry of Culture letterhead, dated February 16, 1979, is enclosed.