FRANÇOIS DUMONT (1751-1831)
FRANÇOIS DUMONT (1751-1831)

A young Gentleman, facing right in plum-coloured overcoat with striped blue lining, moss green coat, red waistcoat with embroidered border, knotted white cravat, grey-powdered short wig

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FRANÇOIS DUMONT (1751-1831)
A young Gentleman, facing right in plum-coloured overcoat with striped blue lining, moss green coat, red waistcoat with embroidered border, knotted white cravat, grey-powdered short wig
signed 'Dumont' (lower right)
2¼ in. (57 mm) diam., gilt-bronze frame with corded inner border and outer waterleaf and tongue surround

Lot Essay

A very similar miniature, signed and dated 'l'an 3' (1794/1795) is illustrated in P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, no. 197. The present portrait will be included in B. Hofstetter's forthcoming catalogue raisonné of F. Dumont's works.

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