Lot Essay
This finely painted miniature is a very early work, executed probably shortly after the artist's arrival in Paris following his departure from Lorraine in 1781.
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A young lady, facing right in off-the-shoulders white dress with lace borders and laced lilac bodice, long powdered curling hair
Details
JEAN-BAPTISTE-JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)
A young lady, facing right in off-the-shoulders white dress with lace borders and laced lilac bodice, long powdered curling hair
2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) diam., gold frame engraved with a ribbon-twist border with glazed silver-gilt mounted reverse
A young lady, facing right in off-the-shoulders white dress with lace borders and laced lilac bodice, long powdered curling hair
2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) diam., gold frame engraved with a ribbon-twist border with glazed silver-gilt mounted reverse
Provenance
Groult Collection; part II, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 June 1961, lot 3 (as anonymous).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 30 April 1975, lot 21, as by Pierre Rouvier (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-105).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 30 April 1975, lot 21, as by Pierre Rouvier (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-105).
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