This very attractive miniature is signed and dated, lower left. The pretty dark-haired young girl is shown against a countryside background.It is set in a fine ormolu oval frame.
Dimensions: Miniature oval 3 1/4 inches high, frame 4 1/2 inches high.
Price Guide: B
Item Reference: 68
Additional Information: Provenance:
Marquis Bacquehem Collection, Vienna.
Monsieur X collection, Hotel Drouot 1914
Christie's Geneva 1994.
Literature:
L.R. Schidlof, 'The Miniature in Europe'p.595.
N. Lemoine-Bouchard.' Les Peintres en miniature, Frances 1650-1850' p.402. |