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A gentleman in profile to the left, in jacket with large collar, waistcoat and frilled cravat, hair en queue; and two putti with laurel crowns beside a plaque with initials DJB and a burning altar inscribed 'A L'AMITÉ'
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PIAT JOSEPH SAUVAGE (1744-1818)
A gentleman in profile to the left, in jacket with large collar, waistcoat and frilled cravat, hair en queue; and two putti with laurel crowns beside a plaque with initials DJB and a burning altar inscribed 'A L'AMITÉ'
the former signed 'Sauvage' (lower right) and the latter 'Sauvage' (lower left)
en grisaille
2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts on a rectangular veneered lemonwood panel
A gentleman in profile to the left, in jacket with large collar, waistcoat and frilled cravat, hair en queue; and two putti with laurel crowns beside a plaque with initials DJB and a burning altar inscribed 'A L'AMITÉ'
the former signed 'Sauvage' (lower right) and the latter 'Sauvage' (lower left)
en grisaille
2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts on a rectangular veneered lemonwood panel
Provenance
Günther Muthmann, Wuppertal-Barmen; part II, Sotheby's, Zurich, 13 November 1979, lot 57 (part).
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.
Further details
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