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This miniature will be included in Bodo Hofstetter's forthcoming catalogue raisonn of Franois Dumont's works.
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A lady and gentleman; she, facing left in lace-bordered low-cut cream dress, long powdered curling hair, seated, painting a portrait of the gentleman; he, facing right in brown velvet coat with embroidered turquoise border, lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, seated with his right hand around the lady's waist; blue curtain background
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FRANOIS DUMONT (1751-1831)
A lady and gentleman; she, facing left in lace-bordered low-cut cream dress, long powdered curling hair, seated, painting a portrait of the gentleman; he, facing right in brown velvet coat with embroidered turquoise border, lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, seated with his right hand around the lady's waist; blue curtain background
signed and dated 'Dumont. f 1782' (mid-left)
2.13/16 in. (71 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame with inner beaded border
A lady and gentleman; she, facing left in lace-bordered low-cut cream dress, long powdered curling hair, seated, painting a portrait of the gentleman; he, facing right in brown velvet coat with embroidered turquoise border, lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, seated with his right hand around the lady's waist; blue curtain background
signed and dated 'Dumont. f 1782' (mid-left)
2.13/16 in. (71 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame with inner beaded border