Lot Essay
Another miniature of the same sitter by Noireterre was sold Christie's Geneva, 16 May 1995, lot 134.
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A young gentleman, full face in red, green and white striped waistcoat and open frilled white shirt, powdered high-piled short curling wig
Details
MARIE-THÉRÈSE DE NOIRETERRE (1760 - after 1819)
A young gentleman, full face in red, green and white striped waistcoat and open frilled white shirt, powdered high-piled short curling wig
with signature and date 'Vestier 1778' (lower left)
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with foliate border
A young gentleman, full face in red, green and white striped waistcoat and open frilled white shirt, powdered high-piled short curling wig
with signature and date 'Vestier 1778' (lower left)
oval, 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with foliate border
Literature
A.-M. Passez, Antoine Vestier 1740-1824, Paris, 1989, no. 164 (as by Vestier), p. 266, illustrated p. 267.