Lot Essay
Monsieur D'Andé was a professor at the Royal College of Toulouse.
A young lady, facing right in white silk dress with lace-bordered fichu and high standing lace collar, thin black belt fastened with pearl set gold clasps, pearl and gold necklace, drop pearl earring, pearl and gold tiara in her upswept curling dark hair; and Monsieur D' André, facing right in black coat with blue flowers in his buttonhole, black waistcoat and pleated jabot by L. Bellisle, circa 1820
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U. P. TIXIER DE LADOULE, 1817
A young lady, facing right in white silk dress with lace-bordered fichu and high standing lace collar, thin black belt fastened with pearl set gold clasps, pearl and gold necklace, drop pearl earring, pearl and gold tiara in her upswept curling dark hair; and Monsieur D' André, facing right in black coat with blue flowers in his buttonhole, black waistcoat and pleated jabot by L. Bellisle, circa 1820
signed and dated 'U. P. Tixier I.r. 8.r. 1817' (upper right) and signed 'L. Bellisle' (lower right), respectively
2 7/16 in. (60 mm.) and 2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts within rectangular ebonised wood frames (2)
A young lady, facing right in white silk dress with lace-bordered fichu and high standing lace collar, thin black belt fastened with pearl set gold clasps, pearl and gold necklace, drop pearl earring, pearl and gold tiara in her upswept curling dark hair; and Monsieur D' André, facing right in black coat with blue flowers in his buttonhole, black waistcoat and pleated jabot by L. Bellisle, circa 1820
signed and dated 'U. P. Tixier I.r. 8.r. 1817' (upper right) and signed 'L. Bellisle' (lower right), respectively
2 7/16 in. (60 mm.) and 2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts within rectangular ebonised wood frames (2)