Lot Essay
An oval miniature signed and dated 1803, identifiying the artist's forename as Benedetto, was sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, Zurich, 7 May 1980, lot 275.
A seated young Officer, facing left in dark uniform with elaborate silver lacing, fur-bordered cape with silver lacing over his left shoulder, silver-embroidered red sash and white trousers, curly brown hair and sideburns, his left arm resting on the back of a chair
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R. MENGHINI (fl. c. 1800)
A seated young Officer, facing left in dark uniform with elaborate silver lacing, fur-bordered cape with silver lacing over his left shoulder, silver-embroidered red sash and white trousers, curly brown hair and sideburns, his left arm resting on the back of a chair
signed 'Menghini f. Roma' (lower left)
rectangular, 3¼ x 3 in. (83 x 76 mm.), gilt-metal mount
A seated young Officer, facing left in dark uniform with elaborate silver lacing, fur-bordered cape with silver lacing over his left shoulder, silver-embroidered red sash and white trousers, curly brown hair and sideburns, his left arm resting on the back of a chair
signed 'Menghini f. Roma' (lower left)
rectangular, 3¼ x 3 in. (83 x 76 mm.), gilt-metal mount