Lot Essay
Four other miniatures by this talented artist are illustrated in F. Pupil, La miniature, Nancy, 1993, pp. 140-141.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Jean-Baptiste Soyer (1752-1828)
Details
Jean-Baptiste Soyer (1752-1828)
A young Lady, facing right in shot blue silk dress with white gauze fichu, knotted embroidered white sash, white silk ribbons and flowers in her curling powdered hair
2 1/4in. (59mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame with blue enamel border and blue silk reverse
A young Lady, facing right in shot blue silk dress with white gauze fichu, knotted embroidered white sash, white silk ribbons and flowers in her curling powdered hair
2 1/4in. (59mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame with blue enamel border and blue silk reverse
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 151 (as by Louis-André Fabre)
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 118 (as by Louis-André Fabre)
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 118 (as by Louis-André Fabre)