'Marguerite de Valois, Comtesse de Caylus', (1743). Artist: Jean Daullé.

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'Marguerite de Valois, Comtesse de Caylus', (1743). French noblewoman and writer Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Mursay, marquise de Caylus (1673-1729) wearing a lace headdress and a fur-lined cape. The Latin quote: 'Amicorum dulcissima cura suorum', is from Horace.

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