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Portrait of Sophia Dumergue (© Victoria Art Gallery)
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© Victoria Art Gallery

Portrait of Sophia Dumergue

Artist: Johann Zoffany (1733 - 1810)

Location: Victoria Art Gallery

Date: 1779 - 1781

Materials: oil on panel

Dimensions: 76 x 62 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £35,000; tax remission)

Vendor: Mrs Elizabeth Cooper and Mrs Heather Nutting

Review number: 4628 (1998)

Provenance:
By family descent from the sitter. Offered for sale at 2 Christie's sales and then at Sotheby's 15/7/92 but was unsold

Description:
Half length portrait of a young girl in a pink dress seated in an armchair with a kitten in her lap. She has a black shall draped over her right shoulder and her left arm is gloved.

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