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Jean-Baptiste Weyler (French, 1747-1791)
A gentleman in blue coat
Signed ‘Weyler’ (lower right)
On ivory
Oval, 57 mm. high, gold frame inset with blue glass, plaited hair reverse
A gentleman in blue coat
Signed ‘Weyler’ (lower right)
On ivory
Oval, 57 mm. high, gold frame inset with blue glass, plaited hair reverse
Provenance
Maxime Hébert (1853-1945) Collection, Paris (inv. no. 1923).
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 11 February 1953 (inv. nos. MD/0576 and 622).
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 11 February 1953 (inv. nos. MD/0576 and 622).
Literature
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 1065 (as portrait of the musician Grétry), illustrated IV, pl. 626, fig. 1257.
Exhibited
Geneva 1956, no. 463, illustrated.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
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