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Details
Louis-Marie Autissier (Franco-Belgian, 1772-1830)
A boy in blue coat with a hunting horn over his shoulder
Signed and dated ‘Autissier pt / 1821’ (mid-right)
On ivory
Oval, 66 mm. high, rectangular gilt-bronze frame
A boy in blue coat with a hunting horn over his shoulder
Signed and dated ‘Autissier pt / 1821’ (mid-right)
On ivory
Oval, 66 mm. high, rectangular gilt-bronze frame
Provenance
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 1 February 1946 (inv. nos. MD/0327 and 41).
Ernst Holzscheiter (1878-1962) Collection, Switzerland.
Ernst Holzscheiter (1878-1962) Collection, Switzerland.
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