'The Comtesse de Selve Making Music', detail, 1787. Artist: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

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'The Comtesse de Selve Making Music', detail, 1787. At the Salon of 1787, Labille-Guiard exhibited a work which was identified only as Madame de *** faisant de la musique. Subsequently, the sitter has been identified as the Countess de Selve.

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