Lot 43
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JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)
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JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)

A self-portrait of the artist, full face in moss-green coat and white shirt, curling forward-combed black hair; pillar background (unfinished)

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JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)
A self-portrait of the artist, full face in moss-green coat and white shirt, curling forward-combed black hair; pillar background (unfinished)
enamel on copper
rectangular, 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in. (60 x 48 mm.), gilt-metal mount with stamped palmette border
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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

Lot Essay

Two other enamel self-portraits by Augustin are recorded; one is illustrated in L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, III, pl. 25, no. 47, and the other one was in the Clore Collection, part I, sold Sotheby's, London, 17 March 1986, lot 129.

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