Madame Angélique Bouillet (née Lambert) (c. 1810-1866)

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Madame Angélique Bouillet (née Lambert) (c. 1810-1866)

Thomas Corneille, facing right in black cloak, white collar and black skull cap

enamel, signed on the reverse and dated Paris 1849
oval, 2in. (50mm.) high

Literature

L. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, III, pl. 87, fig. 152

Lot Essay

Thomas Corneille (1625-1709), playwright who wrote Bertrand de Cigaral, (1650), Timocrate, (1656), Ariane, (1672), Circé (1675), Bellérophon, (1679). He was the younger brother of Pierre Corneille (1604-1684)

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