ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1801

A double-sided portrait miniature of a boy and a gentleman; the young boy, facing right in blue coat with silver buttons, white shirt with deep frilled collar, pink, green and black sash, curling fair hair, holding a letter in his right hand; the boy, facing left in brown coat, white waistcoat and cravat, powdered hair

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1801
A double-sided portrait miniature of a boy and a gentleman; the young boy, facing right in blue coat with silver buttons, white shirt with deep frilled collar, pink, green and black sash, curling fair hair, holding a letter in his right hand; the boy, facing left in brown coat, white waistcoat and cravat, powdered hair
the former inscribed 'March.e Teodoro Ciccolini d'anni 7. 1801' (left) and on the letter 'A Sua Eccellenza Il March.e Teodoro Cic colini Parma' and the latter signed 'Canavero. ft' (lower right)
oval, 2.11/16 in. (68 mm.) high and 23/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., silver-gilt frame and gilt-metal mount within turned wood frame (2)