Lot Essay
The reverse of the backing paper of the miniature is inscribed: "Suzanne Martin du Nord. Paris 1867."
Details
CÉCILE VILLENEUVE, signed, dated on the reverse 1867 with address Paris
Suzanne Martin du Nord as a child, with centre-parted short brown hair, wearing a low-cut frill-bordered white tunic; oval -- 44 mm high, gold brooch frame with engraved Greek key pattern surround
Suzanne Martin du Nord as a child, with centre-parted short brown hair, wearing a low-cut frill-bordered white tunic; oval -- 44 mm high, gold brooch frame with engraved Greek key pattern surround
Provenance
Julius Beer Collection (in 1924).
Literature
Lionel Bedouret, "Französische Miniaturen", Weltkunst, 1st December 1976, 23, ill. p. 2390 (erroneously as dated 1863)
Exhibited
Internationale Miniaturenausstellung in der Albertina Wien, May-June 1924, nr 922 (the reverse unopened, catalogued as unidentified child and without indication of the date)