ENAMELS
PIERRE PASQUIER (1731-1806)
Two Miniatures, one of a young Gentleman said to be a self-portrait, in violet coat and white lace jabot, powdered short curled wig, the other of an elderly Gentleman called Buffon, in strawberry-coloured velours miniature coat, white lace jabot, powdered short curled wig with black solitaire
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PIERRE PASQUIER (1731-1806)
Two Miniatures, one of a young Gentleman said to be a self-portrait, in violet coat and white lace jabot, powdered short curled wig, the other of an elderly Gentleman called Buffon, in strawberry-coloured velours miniature coat, white lace jabot, powdered short curled wig with black solitaire
enamels on copper
ovals, 1 5/16in. (33mm.) high, the elderly gentleman with restored chip at upper right-hand border, gilt-metal mounts on a rectangular ebonised wood panel (2)
Two Miniatures, one of a young Gentleman said to be a self-portrait, in violet coat and white lace jabot, powdered short curled wig, the other of an elderly Gentleman called Buffon, in strawberry-coloured velours miniature coat, white lace jabot, powdered short curled wig with black solitaire
enamels on copper
ovals, 1 5/16in. (33mm.) high, the elderly gentleman with restored chip at upper right-hand border, gilt-metal mounts on a rectangular ebonised wood panel (2)
Provenance
Madame Lauras, the artist's niece.
Xavier Lauras, godson and great-grandson of the latter (in 1906 and 1910).
Xavier Lauras, godson and great-grandson of the latter (in 1906 and 1910).
Exhibited
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Exposition d'oeuvres d'art du XVIIIe siècle, 1906, 2nd supplement, p. 212, nos. 56 and 57 (lent by Xavier Lauras).