ATTRIBUTED TO CLAIRE PILLAUT (ACTIVE IN PARIS FROM 1843 TO 1877) Presumed portrait of Françoise d'Issembourg du Buisson d'Happoncourt, wife of Graffigny Large oval miniature Signed on the right: ... Pillaut On the reverse, titled: Mme de Graffigny/Chardin and a restorer's label: Albert Grand/73, rue de Grenelle Saint Germain à Paris Damage In a richly chased and gilded bronze frame decorated with a ribboned bow, acanthus leaves, ivy and bunches of fruit. Height 14 cm - Width 11.5 cm at sight This miniature can be compared with the portrait of a woman attributed to Jean Valade and conserved since the early 19th century at the Louvre (inv. 9961).