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A mother and her sons; she, facing left in purple and gold striped dress with lace underdress and cuffs, the skirt edged in pearls, her powdered hair falling to her shoulders, seated at a card table, her right arm resting on the shoulder of her standing son, in blue coat and red waistcoat, powdered hair, holding a snuff-box; the other son, in black coat and breeches, yellow waistcoat and tied cravat, powdered hair, seated with a quill in his right hand, writing a letter; the table with quill, sharpener, seal, and an inkwell on a tray
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SCHOOL OF CAMPANA, CIRCA 1780
A mother and her sons; she, facing left in purple and gold striped dress with lace underdress and cuffs, the skirt edged in pearls, her powdered hair falling to her shoulders, seated at a card table, her right arm resting on the shoulder of her standing son, in blue coat and red waistcoat, powdered hair, holding a snuff-box; the other son, in black coat and breeches, yellow waistcoat and tied cravat, powdered hair, seated with a quill in his right hand, writing a letter; the table with quill, sharpener, seal, and an inkwell on a tray
3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
A mother and her sons; she, facing left in purple and gold striped dress with lace underdress and cuffs, the skirt edged in pearls, her powdered hair falling to her shoulders, seated at a card table, her right arm resting on the shoulder of her standing son, in blue coat and red waistcoat, powdered hair, holding a snuff-box; the other son, in black coat and breeches, yellow waistcoat and tied cravat, powdered hair, seated with a quill in his right hand, writing a letter; the table with quill, sharpener, seal, and an inkwell on a tray
3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
Literature
E. Mannoni, 'La miniature ... cette mconnue', Art et Dcoration, 258, illustrated in colour p. 91, fig. 16.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Marigny, Miniatures du XVIe au XIXe sicle , 1985, no. 107, illustrated pl. XII.