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A young gentleman, in grey silk coat with large buttons engraved with the initials A and G respectively, turquoise and yellow striped waistcoat, frilled white shirt and knotted scarf, powdered hair
Details
VILLERS (FRENCH, FL. C. 1780-1800)
A young gentleman, in grey silk coat with large buttons engraved with the initials A and G respectively, turquoise and yellow striped waistcoat, frilled white shirt and knotted scarf, powdered hair
signed and dated 'Villers 1789' (lower left)
2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) diam., gold and gilt-metal réverbère frame bordered with a blue enamel band
A young gentleman, in grey silk coat with large buttons engraved with the initials A and G respectively, turquoise and yellow striped waistcoat, frilled white shirt and knotted scarf, powdered hair
signed and dated 'Villers 1789' (lower left)
2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) diam., gold and gilt-metal réverbère frame bordered with a blue enamel band
Provenance
Katharina von Kis-Schratt (1853-1940), actress at the Burgtheater, Vienna (in 1928).
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Christie's, London, 18 December 1990, lot 37.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Christie's, London, 18 December 1990, lot 37.
Literature
J. de Bourgoing, Die Französische Bildnisminiatur, Vienna, 1928, illustrated pl. 46.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 853 (praised as 'good and typical').
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 853 (praised as 'good and typical').
Special notice
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