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Lot Essay
On the basis of the uniform, it has been suggested that the present sitter was a high-ranking officer in the Sardinian Army and may have been a doctor or a vet.
Details
CARLO ERRANI (ITALIAN, 1804-1860)
An officer, in military uniform, blue coat with silver-embroidered collar, silver buttons, blue sash around waist, wearing the Knight Cross of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, the Military Knight Cross of the Royal Belgian Order of Leopold, and one other order
signed 'Carlo Errani fece' (mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 4 7/16 in. (113 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with rope twist surround and foliate applications
An officer, in military uniform, blue coat with silver-embroidered collar, silver buttons, blue sash around waist, wearing the Knight Cross of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, the Military Knight Cross of the Royal Belgian Order of Leopold, and one other order
signed 'Carlo Errani fece' (mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 4 7/16 in. (113 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount with rope twist surround and foliate applications
Literature
N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les Peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris, 2008, p. 226.
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