Lot Essay
For similar miniatures by this rare artist, see H. Kaminska-Krassowska, Miniatury Polskie od XVII do XX wieku, Warsaw, 1978, nos. 53, 54.
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A double-sided miniature of two girls and a gentleman; the two girls in lace-bordered white dresses with blue sashes, standing beside a basket of flowers resting on a mossy bank, dark hair; he, facing left in black coat, pink waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered curling hair
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JOSEF KOSINSKI (1753-1821)
A double-sided miniature of two girls and a gentleman; the two girls in lace-bordered white dresses with blue sashes, standing beside a basket of flowers resting on a mossy bank, dark hair; he, facing left in black coat, pink waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered curling hair
the girls signed 'J Kosinski' (lower left)
oval, 2.11/16 in. (69 mm.) and 2.1/8 in. (54 mm.) high, set either side of a silver-gilt frame with bright-cut border, the gentleman with plaited hair border
A double-sided miniature of two girls and a gentleman; the two girls in lace-bordered white dresses with blue sashes, standing beside a basket of flowers resting on a mossy bank, dark hair; he, facing left in black coat, pink waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered curling hair
the girls signed 'J Kosinski' (lower left)
oval, 2.11/16 in. (69 mm.) and 2.1/8 in. (54 mm.) high, set either side of a silver-gilt frame with bright-cut border, the gentleman with plaited hair border