Live Auction 6966Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu
MARIE GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)
Lot 318

MARIE GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)

A young gentleman standing before a lake with mountainous background beyond, in purple coat, red waistcoat and knotted cravat, powdered hair en queue

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MARIE GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)
A young gentleman standing before a lake with mountainous background beyond, in purple coat, red waistcoat and knotted cravat, powdered hair en queue
signed 'M: Capet' (lower right)
2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame

H. L. Sternberg.
Sotheby's, London, 1928.
With S. J. Phillips (in 1928 and 1932).

Specialist note

Doria (supra) dates this beautiful portrait to 1796.