Lot Essay
This portrait is inspired by the miniature by Le Guay illustrated in L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, IV, pl. 350 no. 710.
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A young lady artist seated in a gilt-wood chair beside a harp, holding a portrait of a gentleman and a potfolio on her lap, in white dress with pink sash, pink ribbon, pink roses and foliage in her long fair curling hair, holding a quill in her right hand; pillar interior background
Details
CIRCLE OF ÉTIENNE-CHARLES LE GUAY
A young lady artist seated in a gilt-wood chair beside a harp, holding a portrait of a gentleman and a potfolio on her lap, in white dress with pink sash, pink ribbon, pink roses and foliage in her long fair curling hair, holding a quill in her right hand; pillar interior background
2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) diam., gilt-metal reverbère frame bordered with a blue enamel band
A young lady artist seated in a gilt-wood chair beside a harp, holding a portrait of a gentleman and a potfolio on her lap, in white dress with pink sash, pink ribbon, pink roses and foliage in her long fair curling hair, holding a quill in her right hand; pillar interior background
2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) diam., gilt-metal reverbère frame bordered with a blue enamel band
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 25-26 June 1976, lot 427, as by Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-106).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-106).
Literature
N. Jeffares, 'Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (1751-1824)', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, February 1999, pp. 131-132, no. 234, illustrated (as 'definitely not by Lemoine').
Special notice
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