Lot Essay
This miniature is based on F. Janinet's engraving after P.-A. Baudoin's L'agréable négligé.
A young Lady, facing right in loose white dress, blue stole over her left arm, rope of pearls falling from her neck to corsage, pearl armlet and pearl bracelets, a garland of roses falling to her lap and flowers and pearls in her upswept fair hair; foliate background
Details
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1770
A young Lady, facing right in loose white dress, blue stole over her left arm, rope of pearls falling from her neck to corsage, pearl armlet and pearl bracelets, a garland of roses falling to her lap and flowers and pearls in her upswept fair hair; foliate background
oval, 2 9/16 in. (66 mm.) high, gilt-bronze frame applied with branches of foliage
A young Lady, facing right in loose white dress, blue stole over her left arm, rope of pearls falling from her neck to corsage, pearl armlet and pearl bracelets, a garland of roses falling to her lap and flowers and pearls in her upswept fair hair; foliate background
oval, 2 9/16 in. (66 mm.) high, gilt-bronze frame applied with branches of foliage
Literature
Weltkunst, 20, 15 October 1986, illustrated in colour p. 2853.