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A young lady, in sprigged white dress with lace collar and ochre-coloured sash, fur-bordered ochre-coloured coat over her shoulders, wearing a coral earring, her dark hair upswept in a plait and ringlets
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LÉGÉ (FRENCH, 1779-1846)
A young lady, in sprigged white dress with lace collar and ochre-coloured sash, fur-bordered ochre-coloured coat over her shoulders, wearing a coral earring, her dark hair upswept in a plait and ringlets
signed and dated 'Légé . 1821' (lower right)
on ivory
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
A young lady, in sprigged white dress with lace collar and ochre-coloured sash, fur-bordered ochre-coloured coat over her shoulders, wearing a coral earring, her dark hair upswept in a plait and ringlets
signed and dated 'Légé . 1821' (lower right)
on ivory
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Maxime Hébert (1853-1945) Collection, Paris.
Collection of Architect Kurt Jahn (1903-1978), Darmstadt, inv. J.2.
Collection of Architect Kurt Jahn (1903-1978), Darmstadt, inv. J.2.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 992, illustrated IV, pl. 346, no. 706.
Exhibited
Darmstadt, Residenzschloss, Schlossmuseum, 1974-2007, inv. no. 21065.
Special notice
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