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NICHOLAS HALLÉ (FRENCH, FL. 1782-1795)
Duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793), in a richly embroidered pink silk coat with gold trim and red waistcoat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the French Royal Order of the Saint Esprit and the jewel of the Golden Fleece and the red badge of the French Military Order of St Louis
On ivory
Oval, 38 mm. high, gilt-metal mount with pierced foliate surround
Duc de Penthièvre (1725-1793), in a richly embroidered pink silk coat with gold trim and red waistcoat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the French Royal Order of the Saint Esprit and the jewel of the Golden Fleece and the red badge of the French Military Order of St Louis
On ivory
Oval, 38 mm. high, gilt-metal mount with pierced foliate surround
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 22 March 1994, lot 78.
Literature
N. Garnier-Pelle et al., Les miniatures du musée Condé à Chantilly. Portraits des maisons royales et impériales de France et d'Europe, Paris, 2007, p. 108.
Special notice
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