Lot Essay
A similar miniature is illustrated in P. Rosenberg, 'De qui sont les miniatures de Fragonard?', Revue de l'Art, no. 111, 1996/1, p. 74, fig. 28.
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A young boy holding a blue bordered brown hat, facing left in white shirt with high lace collar and brown waistcoat tied with blue ribbon
Details
MANNER OF MARIE-ANNE FRAGONARD, NÉE GÉRARD
A young boy holding a blue bordered brown hat, facing left in white shirt with high lace collar and brown waistcoat tied with blue ribbon
oval, 2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) high, gold frame with pierced outer silver border set with rose-cut diamonds, the reverse with seed pearl initials CB set on blue glass within plaited hair border
A young boy holding a blue bordered brown hat, facing left in white shirt with high lace collar and brown waistcoat tied with blue ribbon
oval, 2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) high, gold frame with pierced outer silver border set with rose-cut diamonds, the reverse with seed pearl initials CB set on blue glass within plaited hair border
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 April 1974, lot 11 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-73).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-73).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.