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ITALIAN SCHOOL, circa 1740
A pair of miniatures representing the Duke and Duchess Visconti-Ciceri, he with short powdered wig, wearing a red cloak over a silver-figured gold-embroidered coat with white lace-jabot, his wife in lace-edged low-cut blue dress and red drape, her powdered hair falling in soft curls to her shoulders and embellished with a pearl-set jewel; both on parchment, in feigned ovals -- 7.5 and 7.7 cm high, minor retouching, fine cast pierced rectangular gilt-bronze frames (2)
A pair of miniatures representing the Duke and Duchess Visconti-Ciceri, he with short powdered wig, wearing a red cloak over a silver-figured gold-embroidered coat with white lace-jabot, his wife in lace-edged low-cut blue dress and red drape, her powdered hair falling in soft curls to her shoulders and embellished with a pearl-set jewel; both on parchment, in feigned ovals -- 7.5 and 7.7 cm high, minor retouching, fine cast pierced rectangular gilt-bronze frames (2)