Lot Essay
The female portrait painted on the reverse of an engraver's copper plate depicting a map
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CHARLES EMANUEL BISET* (1633-1683)
Portrait of a Gentleman, small three-quarter length, wearing a black coat with a white collar, holding engraver's tools and a pair of gloves, leaning on the base of a column; and Portrait of a Lady, aged 39, small three-quarter length, wearing a black dress with a white collar, putting on a glove, before a stone building
the female portrait indistinctly inscribed and inscribed with the age of the sitter, both portraits signed 'CAE/Biset' [CAE linked]--oil on copper
7 x 5 7/8in. (17.8 x 15cm.) A Pair (2)
Portrait of a Gentleman, small three-quarter length, wearing a black coat with a white collar, holding engraver's tools and a pair of gloves, leaning on the base of a column; and Portrait of a Lady, aged 39, small three-quarter length, wearing a black dress with a white collar, putting on a glove, before a stone building
the female portrait indistinctly inscribed and inscribed with the age of the sitter, both portraits signed 'CAE/Biset' [CAE linked]--oil on copper
7 x 5 7/8in. (17.8 x 15cm.) A Pair (2)