JEAN-BAPTISTE SOYER (1752-1828)

A Fine Portrait Miniature of a young Gentleman called Mr Videl, seated three-quarters length with crossed legs on a chair, facing left in aubergine-coloured coat, striped white waistcoat, brown and black striped gilet and blue edged knotted white frill cravat, powdered short curly hair, his left arm resting on the back of the chair, his left hand holding a pair of gloves, his right hand on his left knee and holding a whip; park landscape background with a statue of Cupid and a Love Temple surrounded by a lake

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JEAN-BAPTISTE SOYER (1752-1828)
A Fine Portrait Miniature of a young Gentleman called Mr Videl, seated three-quarters length with crossed legs on a chair, facing left in aubergine-coloured coat, striped white waistcoat, brown and black striped gilet and blue edged knotted white frill cravat, powdered short curly hair, his left arm resting on the back of the chair, his left hand holding a pair of gloves, his right hand on his left knee and holding a whip; park landscape background with a statue of Cupid and a Love Temple surrounded by a lake
3 1/3 in. (83 mm.) diam., heavy cast gilt-bronze frame with beaded border

Lot Essay

An inscription on the backing paper gives the name of the sitter and the date 1793.
The most comprehensive notice on this excellent artist is to be found in P. Lespinasse, La miniature en France au XVIII^. siècle, Paris and Brussels, 1929, pp. 184-186. Other miniatures by Soyer are illustrated in F. Pupil, La miniature, Nancy, 1993, pp. 140-141.

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