Half-length, facing in front, hands not seen. She is dressed in a
white dress, with a garland of flowers across it from under her
left arm to her right shoulder. Behind her she has a blue scarf.
Her hair is powdered and done high up. On canvas, 2 ft. 5 in. high,
by 2 ft. wide.
Behind is written:--"_Marianne. de. bourbon. nommeo. Mademoiselle.
de. Clermont._"
She was born in Paris in October, 1697, and was the daughter of
Louis, the third Duke of Bourbon, and his wife Louise Françoise de
Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Nantes, a natural daughter of Louis XV. In
1725 she was appointed "Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine."
The story of her and her lover, M. de Melun, and his tragic end,
forms the basis of Madame de Genlis' charming little novel,
"Mademoiselle de Clermont."
This portrait is painted in the style of Nattier.