Lot Essay
For another miniature by this artist, see François Pupil, La miniature, Nancy, 1993, nr 167, ill. p. 135 and colour plate XIV.
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RUZZA, signed and dated 1800
A young lady artist seated with her dog in a landscape, her right arm resting on a drawing and musical scores, her right hand holding a pencil, wearing a white dress tied under her bosom with a knotted blue silk ribbon, her parted curly brown hair secured with a comb; rectangular -- 66 x 55 mm, gilt-metal frame with glazed silk reverse.
A young lady artist seated with her dog in a landscape, her right arm resting on a drawing and musical scores, her right hand holding a pencil, wearing a white dress tied under her bosom with a knotted blue silk ribbon, her parted curly brown hair secured with a comb; rectangular -- 66 x 55 mm, gilt-metal frame with glazed silk reverse.