JOSEPH BOUTON, signed, circa 1809

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JOSEPH BOUTON, signed, circa 1809

The Prince de Masserano with curly brown hair, wearing a blue uniform with silver-bordered red lapels and collar with black stock; oval -- 61 mm high, end of signature cut, faceted gilt-metal mount.
來源
Formerly in the Boivin Collection.

拍品專文

Another version of this miniature, unsigned and of rectangular shape, was sold Paris, Hôtel Drouot, rooms 5 and 6, 17 December 1983, lot 46.
Charles Ferrero-Fieschi, Prince de Masserano, capitaine des gardes du corps of the Kings Charles III and Charles IV of Spain, was known for his protection of French émigrés who had fled to Spain during the French Revolution. From 1805 to 1808, he was Spanish Ambassador in Paris. Joseph Bonaparte, when King of Spain, styled him grand maître des cérémonies. The Prince de Masserano died in Paris in 1837.