Lot Essay
An oval version of this miniature, also from the Holzscheiter Collection, is illustrated in L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, III, pl. 226, no. 439.
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A young lady resting her left elbow on a plinth and holding a book, in white dress with pale blue silk sash, white shawl draped around her shoulders, long jewelled necklace and gold pendant suspended around her neck, white bandeau in her powdered upswept hair; foliate and tree background
Details
HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
A young lady resting her left elbow on a plinth and holding a book, in white dress with pale blue silk sash, white shawl draped around her shoulders, long jewelled necklace and gold pendant suspended around her neck, white bandeau in her powdered upswept hair; foliate and tree background
2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) diam., gold frame, the glazed reverse with hair monogram 'JPB' on a pink ground
A young lady resting her left elbow on a plinth and holding a book, in white dress with pale blue silk sash, white shawl draped around her shoulders, long jewelled necklace and gold pendant suspended around her neck, white bandeau in her powdered upswept hair; foliate and tree background
2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) diam., gold frame, the glazed reverse with hair monogram 'JPB' on a pink ground
Provenance
D. Walch; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 13 June 1951, lot 737.
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen; part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1977, lot 122.
Rochon Collection, Paris.
Christie's, Geneva, 15 May 1990, lot 334.
With K. Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim (in 1991).
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen; part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1977, lot 122.
Rochon Collection, Paris.
Christie's, Geneva, 15 May 1990, lot 334.
With K. Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim (in 1991).
Literature
K. Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturporträts, Pforzheim, 1995, illustrated in colour p. 191.
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