The dress and head wear seen in this well-known dated portrait are very close to the dress seen in the next portrait. The girl’s dress has a panel extending down from the back of her neckline, possibly something like the back panel of a robe à la française. The marquise’s waistline cannot be resolved.
Keywords: 1688, Elle - Louis Ferdinand the Younger, Françoise d’Aubigné, Madame Scarron, Madame de Maintenon, marquise de Maintenon, d’Aubigné family, Bourbon family, Marquise, French, Lady-in-Waiting, Marie Anne Christine Victoire de Bavière, mistress, Louis XIV, straight coiffure, lace veil, hood, high neckline, lace collar, lace bertha, three quarter length puffed sleeves, arm bands, lace forward-back flared cuffs, close skirt, shoes