Lot Essay
Due to the outstanding quality and unusual size of this miniature, it may be possible that it is a self-portrait or the portrait of a friend or family-member of the artist.
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JEAN-BAPTISTE-JOSEPH DUCHESNE DE GISORS, signed, circa 1810
A fine miniature of a young gentleman, possibly a self-portrait, holding a green book under his left arm, with forward-combed brown hair and sideburns, wearing an olive-green coat with dark velvet collar, a white waistcoat, an embroidered white shirt and knotted white cravat; rectangular -- 192 x 123 mm, gilt-wood and plaster frame.
A fine miniature of a young gentleman, possibly a self-portrait, holding a green book under his left arm, with forward-combed brown hair and sideburns, wearing an olive-green coat with dark velvet collar, a white waistcoat, an embroidered white shirt and knotted white cravat; rectangular -- 192 x 123 mm, gilt-wood and plaster frame.