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A young bespectacled Gentleman, facing right in aubergine-coloured coat with black velvet collar, buff waistcoat, white shirt with jewelled stick-pin, knotted black cravat, grey pantaloons, curly dark hair and sideburns, his right hand holding his case fo
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JEAN-BAPTISTE-DÉSIRÉ TROIVAUX (1788-1860)
A young bespectacled Gentleman, facing right in aubergine-coloured coat with black velvet collar, buff waistcoat, white shirt with jewelled stick-pin, knotted black cravat, grey pantaloons, curly dark hair and sideburns, his right hand holding his case for spectacles, seated with his left arm resting on a secretaire with books, a bust of Minerva and a Chinese porcelain vase; column in the background and a framed print on the wall
signed and dated 'Troivaux 1835.' (lower left)
rectangular, 7½ x 5.13/16 in. (191 x 147 mm.), gilt-metal mount with palmette border
A young bespectacled Gentleman, facing right in aubergine-coloured coat with black velvet collar, buff waistcoat, white shirt with jewelled stick-pin, knotted black cravat, grey pantaloons, curly dark hair and sideburns, his right hand holding his case for spectacles, seated with his left arm resting on a secretaire with books, a bust of Minerva and a Chinese porcelain vase; column in the background and a framed print on the wall
signed and dated 'Troivaux 1835.' (lower left)
rectangular, 7½ x 5.13/16 in. (191 x 147 mm.), gilt-metal mount with palmette border