JEAN-BAPTISTE ISABEY (FRENCH, 1767-1855)

Details

JEAN-BAPTISTE ISABEY (FRENCH, 1767-1855)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), in red uniform with gold-embroidered black collar, white shirt and stock, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the badge of the Peninsular Gold Cross and the star and badge of the Royal Portuguese Order of the Tower and the Sword
signed and dated 'J. Isabey / 1818' (lower right)
on papier-vélin
oval, 5.5/16 in. (135 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

Provenance

This or another version: Sotheby's London, 17 November 1986, lot 130 (in a damaged carved wood frame).

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Lot Essay

The present miniature is one of a few versions by Isabey. Another, signed and dated 18[..] was sold Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 129. Another, in a private collection, is illustrated and described in exhibition catalogue Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855), portraitiste de l'Europe, Musée national des Châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, 2005-2006, p. 151, no. 171, illustrated in colour p. 87.

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