FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1730, entourage of Louis TOCQUE - Lot 162

FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1730, entourage of Louis TOCQUE "Portrait de gentilhomme" (Portrait of a gentleman) A French Louis XV-style frame with pig tails, in wood and gilded stucco. The reverse bears an old sales label attributing it to Tocqué, n°79 Bibliography: Doria, Arnauld comte; Louis Tocqué : biographie et catalog critiques, the artist's complete works the artist reproduced in one hundred and forty-nine heliogravures. Cachan ; Paris : Société de gravure et d'impression d'art Les Beaux-arts" éd. d'études et de documents, 1929. "524. Man in gray suit. Canvas. - H. 0.92 L. 0.73 Front standing; gray suit embroidered with gold, lined with blue silk; blue vest and black tricorne braided with gold. Plain brown background.