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A gentleman seated holding a black mask in his left hand, facing right in lilac coat slashed to reveal white, yellow waistcoat and white shirt with Van Dyck collar and tassels, powdered wig en queue, plumed headgear on a stone plinth beside him
Details
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1780
A gentleman seated holding a black mask in his left hand, facing right in lilac coat slashed to reveal white, yellow waistcoat and white shirt with Van Dyck collar and tassels, powdered wig en queue, plumed headgear on a stone plinth beside him
2½ in. (64 mm.) diam., set on the cover of a tortoiseshell-lined engine-turned mauve composition bonbonnière with beaded gold mounts by Pierre-Charles Mané (fl. 1777-1793), marked, Paris, 1780/1781, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel 1780-1782
A gentleman seated holding a black mask in his left hand, facing right in lilac coat slashed to reveal white, yellow waistcoat and white shirt with Van Dyck collar and tassels, powdered wig en queue, plumed headgear on a stone plinth beside him
2½ in. (64 mm.) diam., set on the cover of a tortoiseshell-lined engine-turned mauve composition bonbonnière with beaded gold mounts by Pierre-Charles Mané (fl. 1777-1793), marked, Paris, 1780/1781, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henri Clavel 1780-1782
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Zurich, 23-24 November 1978, lot 100 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-26).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-26).
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