Oil on canvas, with monogram at lower right, preparatory sketch to canvas verso, inscribed in an unknown later hand to stretcher, in antique gilt wood frame.

Frame dimensions 34 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.

Previously offered at Hampel Fine Art Auctions in Munich as a portrait of the philosopher Voltaire (June 2005).

Good estate condition; small area of craquelure; some wear to frame.