ALEXANDRE DELATOUR (BELGIAN, 1780-1858)
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ALEXANDRE DELATOUR (BELGIAN, 1780-1858)

A young gentleman, in green coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat; stormy sky background

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ALEXANDRE DELATOUR (BELGIAN, 1780-1858)
A young gentleman, in green coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat; stormy sky background
signed 'A: Delatour.' (lower left)
oval, 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular black lacquered panel
Provenance
Mr. Martin, Brussels, in 1912.
Literature
P. Lambotte, 'Exposition de la Miniature, Bruxelles, mars-juin 1912', L'Art Flamand & Hollandais, XVII, no. 5, 15 May 1912, illustrated p. 156.
P. Lambotte, 'Tentoonstelling van Miniaturen gehouden te Brussel, maart-juni 1912', Onze Kunst, XXI, June 1912, illustrated p. 210.
L'Exposition de la Miniature à Bruxelles en 1912, Brussels and Paris, 1913, illustrated colour pl. LIII, no. 231.
L. de Mauri, L'Amatore di Miniature su Avorio, Milan, 1918, illustrated pl. XXII opp. p. 178.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 194 (praised as 'good').
Exhibited
Brussels, Hôtel Goffinet, Exposition de la Miniature, 1912, no. 692 (lent by Mr. Martin, Brussels).
Special notice
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