AFTER JOSEPH DERANTON

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PROPERTY FROM A MILANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION

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AFTER JOSEPH DERANTON
A young lady, in pale mint dress with white gauze fichu, peach silk sash tied around waist, her powdered hair dressed in curls, seated on a wooden chair; foliate landscape background with waterfall and architectural ruins
bearing signature and date 'hoin 1776'
on ivory
2 9/16 in. (67 mm.) diam., gilt-metal réverbère frame with blue enamel border

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

The present portrait is after the miniature in the Louvre, signed and dated 1789 by Joseph Deranton (P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, pp. 100-101, no. 140).

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