Jean-Baptiste PERRONNEAU (Paris 1715 - 1783 Amsterdam) Portrait of an artist Pastel on paper mounted on canvas. (Double tear at the top left of the head for about 15 cm, later retouching of pink pastel on the face and perhaps of white on the garment, horizontal fold in the center). 52.5 x 49 cm In an antique carved wood frame. Provenance : - Georges Ryaux Collection, Paris. - His sale, Paris, Palais d'Orsay, October 24, 1979, no. 71 (as attributed to Jean-Baptiste Perronneau). Bibliography: - D. d'Arnoult, Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (ca. 1715-1783), Paris, 2014, p. 254, no. 152 Pa, reproduced. - N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800, online version, 2014, part. V, no. J. 582.1869 reproduced.