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A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleur'; seated in a pink upholstered gilt-wood chair; interior background with classical statue of a lady on top of a column, harpsichord, green curtain with gold tassel, gilt decorated door opening to fountain and balustrade, foliate background beyond
Details
JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)
A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleur'; seated in a pink upholstered gilt-wood chair; interior background with classical statue of a lady on top of a column, harpsichord, green curtain with gold tassel, gilt decorated door opening to fountain and balustrade, foliate background beyond
signed and dated 'augustin 1791' (on the portfolio)
3 in. (77 mm.) diam., ormolu frame with inner beaded border, foliate and laurel wreath surmount
A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleur'; seated in a pink upholstered gilt-wood chair; interior background with classical statue of a lady on top of a column, harpsichord, green curtain with gold tassel, gilt decorated door opening to fountain and balustrade, foliate background beyond
signed and dated 'augustin 1791' (on the portfolio)
3 in. (77 mm.) diam., ormolu frame with inner beaded border, foliate and laurel wreath surmount
Provenance
Lévy-Crémieu Collection, Paris; sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15 May 1886, lot 43 (erroneously as by Augustin Dubourg, sold 3,500 Gold Francs to Perdreau).
Plantevigne Collection, Paris; sold Palais des Congrès, Versailles, 24-25 May 1972, lot 25.
Plantevigne Collection, Paris; sold Palais des Congrès, Versailles, 24-25 May 1972, lot 25.
Literature
A. Maze-Sencier, Les fournisseurs de Napoléon Ier et des deux impératrices , Paris, 1893, p. 187.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 53, II, p. 910, illustrated III, pl. 25, no. 46.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 53, II, p. 910, illustrated III, pl. 25, no. 46.