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A gentleman, in brown coat and waistcoat, frilled white cravat, powdered hair
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CIRCLE OF SOIRON, 1799
A gentleman, in brown coat and waistcoat, frilled white cravat, powdered hair
dated and inscribed with the sitter's age 'agé. de. 65. en. 1799.' (mid-right)
enamel on copper
2¼ in. (56 mm.) diam., gold frame with glazed reverse
A gentleman, in brown coat and waistcoat, frilled white cravat, powdered hair
dated and inscribed with the sitter's age 'agé. de. 65. en. 1799.' (mid-right)
enamel on copper
2¼ in. (56 mm.) diam., gold frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
Carl de Geer (in 1917).
Jacques Salmanowitz, Versoix.
Christie's, Geneva, 28 April 1976, lot 177 (as by Elisabeth Terroux).
Jacques Salmanowitz, Versoix.
Christie's, Geneva, 28 April 1976, lot 177 (as by Elisabeth Terroux).
Literature
J. H. Demôle, 'Les émaux et miniatures à l'Exposition du Centenaire', Nos anciens et leurs oeuvres, 1917, VII, p. 69 ('très belle figure grave [...] oeuvre d'un beau caractère qui s'apparente à Soiron'), illustrated p. 64.
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée Rath, Exposition rétrospective du Centenaire de l'Entrée de Genève dans la Confédération Suisse, 1914 (lent by Carl de Geer).
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