Lot Essay
The backing paper is inscribed 'Mahau de Courbon'.
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Mr de Courbon, facing left in black velvet coat, lace cravat, powdered wig
Details
ANTOINE VESTIER (1740-1824)
Mr de Courbon, facing left in black velvet coat, lace cravat, powdered wig
signed and dated 'Vestier fecit 1774' (mid-right)
oval, 13/8 in. (35 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Mr de Courbon, facing left in black velvet coat, lace cravat, powdered wig
signed and dated 'Vestier fecit 1774' (mid-right)
oval, 13/8 in. (35 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 October 1979, lot 66.
Literature
A.-M. Passez, Antoine Vestier 1740-1824, Paris, 1989, p. 256, no. 149, illustrated p. 257 ('Son visage fortement coloré intéresse par la vivacité de l'expression et le caractère.').