Lot Essay
Another early work by Guérin of a similar subject is illustrated in P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, p. 155, no. 254.
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JEAN-URBAIN GUERIN (FRENCH, 1760-1836)
A young lady, in white dress with long sleeves, white pink-bordered fichu tied at corsage with small posy of flowers, curled powdered hair, seated in a blue-upholstered wooden chair, with a young boy in blue suit, frilled white collar, on her lap
on ivory
2 7/8 in. (70 mm.) diam., later ormolu easel-stand frame with tied ribbon surmount
A young lady, in white dress with long sleeves, white pink-bordered fichu tied at corsage with small posy of flowers, curled powdered hair, seated in a blue-upholstered wooden chair, with a young boy in blue suit, frilled white collar, on her lap
on ivory
2 7/8 in. (70 mm.) diam., later ormolu easel-stand frame with tied ribbon surmount
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