Lot Essay
Schidlof (supra) suggests that Sené seems to have married Miss Ducret about 1800 because of the double signature on this miniature.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
LOUIS SENÉ (1747-1804)
A young Lady, half-length, full-face in low-cut white lace dress with silk waist-sash and mauve shawl, her brown hair dressed in ringlets
Details
LOUIS SENÉ (1747-1804)
A young Lady, half-length, full-face in low-cut white lace dress with silk waist-sash and mauve shawl, her brown hair dressed in ringlets
signed in gold 'L Sené Ducret.' (lower left)
oval, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-bronze frame with floral spandrels
A young Lady, half-length, full-face in low-cut white lace dress with silk waist-sash and mauve shawl, her brown hair dressed in ringlets
signed in gold 'L Sené Ducret.' (lower left)
oval, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-bronze frame with floral spandrels
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 745.