Lot Essay
For another miniature by Le Tellier depicting a mother and child, see P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, p. 239, no. 432.
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A mother and child; she, facing right in black sleeveless gown with white underdress, pink stole, long light brown curling hair; holding her young baby beside her with white robe draped across his body, auburn hair; rock, foliate and landscape background
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JEAN-BAPTISTE JOSEPH LE TELLIER (1759 - d. after 1812)
A mother and child; she, facing right in black sleeveless gown with white underdress, pink stole, long light brown curling hair; holding her young baby beside her with white robe draped across his body, auburn hair; rock, foliate and landscape background
signed 'le Tellier' (upper left)
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., set in the cover of a composition lined wooden bonbonnière
A mother and child; she, facing right in black sleeveless gown with white underdress, pink stole, long light brown curling hair; holding her young baby beside her with white robe draped across his body, auburn hair; rock, foliate and landscape background
signed 'le Tellier' (upper left)
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., set in the cover of a composition lined wooden bonbonnière
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