French School, circa 1780, circle of Antoine VESTIER Portrait of a Woman with a Rose in Her Corsage Canvas 89 cm x 73 cm Bears recent inscriptions on the reverse of the stretcher bar mentioning the model’s name: “Mrs. Benon, daughter of Emilian Bruys and mother of François Nola, who was executed by firing squad in Lyon in 1793; buried in Varenne/Mâcon, where she lived out her days” Previous restorations