A Self-Portrait of the Artist in his studio painting a miniature of a seated gentleman; seated facing left in brown coat and white cravat, holding a paint brush in his right hand, leaning on a table set with a miniaturists' wooden easel and portrait miniature, rose-bordered blue tablecloth with rose and paint pots, the sitter facing left in blue coat, red spotted white waistcoat and cravat, beige coloured trousers, gold stick pin, his right arm draped over the back of the wooden chair; classical stone statue of a nude male, pictures, gold-tasseled red curtain background
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ELIE DIGNAT (fl. 1808-1824)
A Self-Portrait of the Artist in his studio painting a miniature of a seated gentleman; seated facing left in brown coat and white cravat, holding a paint brush in his right hand, leaning on a table set with a miniaturists' wooden easel and portrait miniature, rose-bordered blue tablecloth with rose and paint pots, the sitter facing left in blue coat, red spotted white waistcoat and cravat, beige coloured trousers, gold stick pin, his right arm draped over the back of the wooden chair; classical stone statue of a nude male, pictures, gold-tasseled red curtain background
2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount on a rectangular ebonised wood panel with beaded border
A Self-Portrait of the Artist in his studio painting a miniature of a seated gentleman; seated facing left in brown coat and white cravat, holding a paint brush in his right hand, leaning on a table set with a miniaturists' wooden easel and portrait miniature, rose-bordered blue tablecloth with rose and paint pots, the sitter facing left in blue coat, red spotted white waistcoat and cravat, beige coloured trousers, gold stick pin, his right arm draped over the back of the wooden chair; classical stone statue of a nude male, pictures, gold-tasseled red curtain background
2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount on a rectangular ebonised wood panel with beaded border