FIRMIN MASSOT, circa 1800

Details

FIRMIN MASSOT, circa 1800

Henry Tronchin as a young boy, with long fair curly hair, wearing an open-neck shirt and a coat; grey wash and pencil on vellum -- 95 mm diam., gilt-metal mount within an ebonized wood surround

Provenance

Tronchin Collection at Bessinge (Geneva)

Literature

Jules Crosnier, "Bessinge", Nos Anciens et leurs oeuvres, 1908, ill. p. 115 (described as by an unknown artist)

Lot Essay

Armand-Henry-Louis Tronchin (1794-1865) was a lieutenant-colonel fédéral d'artillerie.
The present portrait will be included in Valérie Louzier-Gentaz's catalogue raisonné of Firmin Massot's works.

More from Miniatures

View All