Attributed to Bartholomew Dandridge

Oil on canvas, with an older lining. The surface is in overall good condition, though is somewhat flattened and lightly painted in areas. Under UV light, there is a thick, green-fluorescing varnish. There is some minor, older retouching to the subjects nose and cheeks; an area of inpaint in the proper right armpit and dress sleeve and a horizontal line of retouching extending through the left side of the dress to the flowers in her hand. Additional scattered spots of retouching in the background and dress.
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The practice of dressing young male children in dresses was not uncommon in the early 18th Century throughout Europe. Images of European male child royalty in dresses are somewhat common including an image of the future King Louis XV in an ornately embroidered dress in the Prado, Madrid by Pierre Gobert (dated 1714, inv. no. 2262).