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3. Portrait of Madame Scheffer Portrait de Madame Scheffer

c. 1848–50 Charcoal, black conte crayon heightened with white chalk on blue paper 22 3 ⁄ 8 x 17 5 ⁄ 8 in. (57 x 45 cm) Signed lower right

PROVENANCE By descent in the family of the sitter; Sale, Paris, Tajan, Hôtel Georges V, June 13, 1995.

Our drawing is an interesting companion to the Portrait of Madame Jean- François Millet in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and was probably executed at the same time.

Portrait of Madame Jean-François Millet (Catherine Lemaire) , c. 1848-49, black conté crayon, heightened with white, on blue-gray laid paper; Museum of Fine Arts Boston (21.283)