Lot Essay
Signed miniatures by Deranton are extremely rare. Other works by this artist are illustrated in P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, pp. 98-101.
A young Lady, facing right, wearing a long-sleeved low-cut aubergine-coloured silk dress, a frilled white lace cap knotted under her chin with a silk ribbon, her curly blond hair dressed into her face
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JOSEPH DERANTON (1756-1814)
A young Lady, facing right, wearing a long-sleeved low-cut aubergine-coloured silk dress, a frilled white lace cap knotted under her chin with a silk ribbon, her curly blond hair dressed into her face
signed 'Deranton' (lower left)
2 5/16in. (59mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
A young Lady, facing right, wearing a long-sleeved low-cut aubergine-coloured silk dress, a frilled white lace cap knotted under her chin with a silk ribbon, her curly blond hair dressed into her face
signed 'Deranton' (lower left)
2 5/16in. (59mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount