Lot Essay
Laure Permon (1784-1838), wife of the famous French General Andoche Junot, Duc d'Abrantès, was famous for her memoirs Souvenirs historiques sur Napoléon (1831-1835).
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A young lady called Laure Permon, Duchesse d'Abrantès, facing right in blue silk dress adorned with white tassels, high standing lace collar and fur stole, her dark hair curled and upswept
Details
NICOLAS JACQUES (1780-1844)
A young lady called Laure Permon, Duchesse d'Abrantès, facing right in blue silk dress adorned with white tassels, high standing lace collar and fur stole, her dark hair curled and upswept
with signature 'J. Isabey' (mid-right)
oval, 26 in. (58 mm.) high, gold frame with outer pearl border and engraved inscription on reverse
A young lady called Laure Permon, Duchesse d'Abrantès, facing right in blue silk dress adorned with white tassels, high standing lace collar and fur stole, her dark hair curled and upswept
with signature 'J. Isabey' (mid-right)
oval, 26 in. (58 mm.) high, gold frame with outer pearl border and engraved inscription on reverse
Provenance
Christie's, London, 4 February 1964, lot 52 (210gns. to Brown).
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