Lot Essay
An old label on the reverse identifies the sitter as Françoise Leszczynska, sister of King Louis XV's wife.
An allegorical miniature of a bare-breasted young Lady, seated full-length in an interior, breast-feeding Cupid and holding a rosary; trelliswork, an open door, a Gentleman draped in brown coat, light green curtain with a dog in the background
Details
GAETANO MANINI (fl. c. 1752-1780/1790)
An allegorical miniature of a bare-breasted young Lady, seated full-length in an interior, breast-feeding Cupid and holding a rosary; trelliswork, an open door, a Gentleman draped in brown coat, light green curtain with a dog in the background
signed with initials and dated 'G. M F 1752' (lower right)
enamel on copper
2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) diam., gold frame with glazed reverse
An allegorical miniature of a bare-breasted young Lady, seated full-length in an interior, breast-feeding Cupid and holding a rosary; trelliswork, an open door, a Gentleman draped in brown coat, light green curtain with a dog in the background
signed with initials and dated 'G. M F 1752' (lower right)
enamel on copper
2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) diam., gold frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
Bossi & son, Genoa and Nice.