A MEISSEN CHILD DISGUISED AS CAPITANO SPAVENTO in black hat, pale-yellow gloves, purple suit with cell-pattern and vermiculé and black boots, holding a sealed letter in his left hand, his sword held by a black belt at his waist, standing on a scroll-moulded base applied with flowers (restoration to hat and sword), incised 24, circa 1765
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A MEISSEN CHILD DISGUISED AS CAPITANO SPAVENTO in black hat, pale-yellow gloves, purple suit with cell-pattern and vermiculé and black boots, holding a sealed letter in his left hand, his sword held by a black belt at his waist, standing on a scroll-moulded base applied with flowers (restoration to hat and sword), incised 24, circa 1765
12cm. high
Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold Christie's Geneva, 14 May 1990, lot 46