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Details
Louis-Marie Sicardi (French, 1746-1825)
A lady in black dress
Signed and dated ‘Sicardi / 1803’ (lower left)
On ivory
Oval, 66 mm. high, in gilt-copper locket frame with hinged cover
A lady in black dress
Signed and dated ‘Sicardi / 1803’ (lower left)
On ivory
Oval, 66 mm. high, in gilt-copper locket frame with hinged cover
Provenance
Cecile Beyeler-Stick, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Zurich, 17 March 1945 (inv. nos. MD/0291 and 519).
Special notice
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