A FRENCH GOLD, TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY BOTE--MINIATURE AND A CONTINENTAL MINIATURE**

THE FIRST SIGNED BOUELLE 1798, PARIS, CIRCA 1798; THE SECOND SIGNED DOLLA, 19TH CENTURY

細節

A FRENCH GOLD, TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY BOTE--MINIATURE AND A CONTINENTAL MINIATURE**
The first signed Bouelle 1798, Paris, circa 1798; the second signed Dolla, 19th century
Each circular, the first with an independent cover inset with a portrait miniature on ivory depicting a young lady holding a sheet of music, the cover, sides, and base in translucent tortoiseshell; the second set in a tooled leather case, depicting Marie-Antoinette playing the harp, with a music sheet in her laps, apparently unmarked
3in. (7.5cm.) and 2in. (6.5cm.) diameter

來源

The Estate of Franois Coty

拍品專文

Very little is known on the miniaturist Bouelle, or Boelle, who is recorded by Lo R. Schidlof as working in France in the late 18th century. According to Schidlof, "it is astonishing that so gifted an artist has left no trace" (See The Miniature in Europe, vol. 1, Graz, 1964, p. 101).