painted on ivory, depicting a woman in a pale lavender dress with a red sash and loose brown hair, diameter: 6.5 cm. (2 1/2 in.),  signed and dated Monmerqué 1794 lower left

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Moscow circa 1890-1910 by the Grandmother of the present owner
passed down in the family to the Mother of the present owner, who was born in Moscow and emigrated to Poland in 1925
thence by descent to the current owner, whose Mother emigrated from Poland in 1939