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The financier Mdard Desprs, facing right in blue-green velvet coat, white waistcoat, knotted silk-bordered muslin cravat, powdered long hair; cloud and sky background
Details
JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)
The financier Mdard Desprs, facing right in blue-green velvet coat, white waistcoat, knotted silk-bordered muslin cravat, powdered long hair; cloud and sky background
signed and dated 'Augustin. 1803.' (mid-left)
oval, 2 in. (57 mm.) high, mounted in a gilt-metal brooch, the silver reverse engraved with the sitter's name
The financier Mdard Desprs, facing right in blue-green velvet coat, white waistcoat, knotted silk-bordered muslin cravat, powdered long hair; cloud and sky background
signed and dated 'Augustin. 1803.' (mid-left)
oval, 2 in. (57 mm.) high, mounted in a gilt-metal brooch, the silver reverse engraved with the sitter's name
Provenance
Htel Drouot, Paris, room 8, 6 July 1954.
Monsieur de Granzial, Paris.
Monsieur de Granzial, Paris.