Lot Essay
Two similar miniatures by Le Tellier are illustrated in P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Muse du Louvre. Muse d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, no. 434 and 435.
.jpg?w=1)
A young lady, full face in green and blue striped dress with white muslin fichu, blue sash and blue stole draped over her right arm, white ribbon in her long powdered curling hair, seated on a red upholstered chair
Details
JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH LE TELLIER (1759 - after 1812)
A young lady, full face in green and blue striped dress with white muslin fichu, blue sash and blue stole draped over her right arm, white ribbon in her long powdered curling hair, seated on a red upholstered chair
signed 'le Tellier' (lower right)
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
A young lady, full face in green and blue striped dress with white muslin fichu, blue sash and blue stole draped over her right arm, white ribbon in her long powdered curling hair, seated on a red upholstered chair
signed 'le Tellier' (lower right)
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount