Portrait of the Marquis de Saint-Paul, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1760

? collection of the sitter, Joseph-Etienne de Thomassin (Marquis de Saint Paul); ? his daughter, Marie Henriette Joséphine de Thomassin (Dame de Saint Paul); ? her son, Henry Zozime, Marquis de Valori (1786-1859);{Who married the goddaughter of the painter, Caroline Trochon de Laudigeois.} ? his daughter, Anne Henriette Françoise de Valori (1811-?); ? her son, Gaston de Bausset-Roquefort du chaine d'Arbaud (1841-1906); ? his son, Pierre de Bausset-Roquefort du chaine d'Arbaud, Baron de Beausset (1893-1982);{Who married Mahaut de Béthune-Sully (1901-1981), Château Sully-sur-Loire.} ...; collection Mr M.;{According to the catalogue for the sale, La Comtesse de M. et al., Paris (Galerie Charpentier), 20 March 1953, no.7.} …; sale, La Comtesse de M. et al., Paris (Galerie Charpentier), 20 March 1953, no. 7;…; from the dealer A. de Heuvel, Brussels,fl. 10,018.50, to the museum, 1956

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