A Swiss Enamel Portrait Miniature
by Suzanne Baud-Duchosal, signed and dated 1885
Rectangular enamel on copper miniature depicting a young gentleman seated three-quarter length in an interior with red drapery and picture background, his right hand resting on a table, his left hand holding a book, wearing a black costume and white shirt, his parted fair hair and moustache curled
170 x 124 mm. (6¾ x 4 7/8 in.)
Lot Essay
According to H. Clouzot (Dictionnaire des miniaturistes sur émail, Paris, 1924, p. 215), Suzanne Baud-Duchosal was born in Geneva in 1839 and studied with Gaspard Lamunière and Mrs Binder.