ANTOINE PAUL VINCENT (fl. c. 1800-1812)

A musician, facing right in blue jacket with gold buttons, yellow waistcoat and tied white cravat, seated at a table with a quill in his right hand writing music, an ink pot, book, guitar and holding a violin and bow in his left hand; blue curtain and bust of Joseph Haydn in the background

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ANTOINE PAUL VINCENT (fl. c. 1800-1812)
A musician, facing right in blue jacket with gold buttons, yellow waistcoat and tied white cravat, seated at a table with a quill in his right hand writing music, an ink pot, book, guitar and holding a violin and bow in his left hand; blue curtain and bust of Joseph Haydn in the background
signed 'Vincent' (lower left)
rectangular, 4.3/8 x 46 in. (110 x 103 mm.), gilt-metal mount

Provenance

Leo Schidlof's Kunstauktionshaus, Vienna, 6-7 June 1921, lot 237.

Literature

L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 853 (praised as 'important').

Lot Essay

A faint inscription on the backing paper reads 'L[...] clbre violiniste mule de Kreuzer n Rennes [?] en Bretagne premier prix [...] peint par Vincent qui a remport le 1ier prix par cet ouvrage Paris [?].

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