GRAFF (FL. C. 1795-1800)

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GRAFF (FL. C. 1795-1800)
A young lady, seated in a woodland, in white dress with jewel at her sleeve, tortoiseshell comb in her dark curling hair
Signed ‘Graff. f.’ (lower right)
On ivory
70 mm. diam., gilt-metal mount within square blonde wood frame with trade label of A. Morin, 46 Rue Miromesnil.
inscribed on the reverse 'Tante Munsch née / Hürstel / Graff. fecit'

Provenance

Sotheby’s, London, 5 June 1997, lot 206.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

For further information on this artist, who has often previously been confused with the large-scale oil painter Anton Graff, see W. Fleischhauer, Das Bildnis in Württemberg, 1760-1860, Stuttgart, 1939, pp. 108-109.

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