Lot Essay
Two similar oval miniatures by Mosnier are illustrated in the catalogue of the miniatures exhibition in Brussels in 1912, pl. XXVII, nrs 126 and 128.
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JEAN-LAURENT MOSNIER, circa 1780
A fine miniature of a girl, her upswept powdered hair adorned with white lace, wearing a lavender-coloured silk bodice with lace-bordered white silk sleeves tied with green bows; oval -- 53 mm high, silver-gilt mount engraved with twisted ribbons
A fine miniature of a girl, her upswept powdered hair adorned with white lace, wearing a lavender-coloured silk bodice with lace-bordered white silk sleeves tied with green bows; oval -- 53 mm high, silver-gilt mount engraved with twisted ribbons