FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1690/1695

FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1690/1695 A pair of miniatures: a young lady called Louise-Bénédicte de Bourbon, Duchesse du Maine (1676-1753) as Diana the Huntress, in gold-trimmed blue velvet dress with lace chemise, gold striped white stole and gold damask cloak, drop pearl pendant suspended from corsage, pearl armlet and pearls and crescent in her upswept powdered hair; tree background; and a young lady called Marie-Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois, Princesse de Conti (1666-1739), in white silk day dress with lace chemise, pale pink rose and foliage at corsage, blue cloak, flowers in her long curling hair; hedge and tree background on vellum ovals, 2 in. (61 mm.) wide, later silver-mounted circular frames set with rose-cut diamond scrolls and pierced scalloped borders, both with diamond-studded date 15 Juillet / 1769 on translucent blue guilloché enamel lunettes, plain silver-gilt backings