A young Lady, waist-length, facing right in blue dress with bouffant sleeves, yellow belt and white gauze ruff, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in rolls and an Apollo-knot; together with an Empire style miniature of Hortense de Beauharnais facing right in mauve dress with white underslip, wearing emerald jewellery, a gold comb in her centre-parted curly brown hair; together with a Louis XVI style miniature of a young Lady, facing left in plum-coloured bodice with white underslip and frill-edged white collar; nocturnal landscape background
细节
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1825/1830
A young Lady, waist-length, facing right in blue dress with bouffant sleeves, yellow belt and white gauze ruff, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in rolls and an Apollo-knot; together with an Empire style miniature of Hortense de Beauharnais facing right in mauve dress with white underslip, wearing emerald jewellery, a gold comb in her centre-parted curly brown hair; together with a Louis XVI style miniature of a young Lady, facing left in plum-coloured bodice with white underslip and frill-edged white collar; nocturnal landscape background
Queen Hortense with signature 'Saint' (lower right)
oval, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high, die-stamped gilt-metal frame with beaded border and ribbon-tie cresting; oval, 2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) high, rectangular silver-gilt frame with blue enamel border; 2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount (3)
A young Lady, waist-length, facing right in blue dress with bouffant sleeves, yellow belt and white gauze ruff, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in rolls and an Apollo-knot; together with an Empire style miniature of Hortense de Beauharnais facing right in mauve dress with white underslip, wearing emerald jewellery, a gold comb in her centre-parted curly brown hair; together with a Louis XVI style miniature of a young Lady, facing left in plum-coloured bodice with white underslip and frill-edged white collar; nocturnal landscape background
Queen Hortense with signature 'Saint' (lower right)
oval, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high, die-stamped gilt-metal frame with beaded border and ribbon-tie cresting; oval, 2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) high, rectangular silver-gilt frame with blue enamel border; 2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount (3)
来源
for Queen Hortense:
Bernard Franck, Paris (with collection label).
Sotheby's, London, 2 May 1955, lot 18, illustrated opp. p. 5 (£72 to Holborn).
S. Bulgari.
for the circular miniature:
S. Bulgari.
Bernard Franck, Paris (with collection label).
Sotheby's, London, 2 May 1955, lot 18, illustrated opp. p. 5 (£72 to Holborn).
S. Bulgari.
for the circular miniature:
S. Bulgari.