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JEAN-PIERE MENUISIER (1783- after 1818)
JEAN-PIERE MENUISIER (1783- after 1818)

Empress Marie-Louise (1791-1847), facing left in low-cut white silk dress with muslin ruff and cut-away border, striped puff-sleeves with long muslin sleeves, her fair hair dressed in curls; cloudy sky background

細節
JEAN-PIERE MENUISIER (1783- after 1818)
Empress Marie-Louise (1791-1847), facing left in low-cut white silk dress with muslin ruff and cut-away border, striped puff-sleeves with long muslin sleeves, her fair hair dressed in curls; cloudy sky background
with signature 'Isabey' (lower left)
oval, 2.1/8 in. (54 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount on a rectangular velvet panel within a rectangular gilt-bronze frame stamped with stylized palmettes alternating with lotus flowers on a sabl ground

拍品專文

This miniature was painted when Menuisier used to work in Isabey's studio, satisfying the Imperial commands for miniatures of Napoleon to be set on presentation snuff-boxes. These miniatures were painted by Isabey's assistants and often signed by the master himself.