Lot Essay
Doria (supra) dates this beautiful portrait to 1796.
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A young gentleman standing before a lake with mountainous background beyond, in purple coat, red waistcoat and knotted cravat, powdered hair en queue
Details
MARIE GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)
A young gentleman standing before a lake with mountainous background beyond, in purple coat, red waistcoat and knotted cravat, powdered hair en queue
signed 'M: Capet' (lower right)
2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame
A young gentleman standing before a lake with mountainous background beyond, in purple coat, red waistcoat and knotted cravat, powdered hair en queue
signed 'M: Capet' (lower right)
2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame
Provenance
H. L. Sternberg.
Sotheby's, London, 1928.
With S. J. Phillips (in 1928 and 1932).
Sotheby's, London, 1928.
With S. J. Phillips (in 1928 and 1932).
Literature
A. Doria, Gabrielle Capet, Paris, 1934, no. 54, illustrated no. 36.
Exhibited
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of Art Treasures, 1928, no. 1186.
London, Batsford Gallery, Exhibition of Three Centuries of French Taste, 1932, no. 84.
London, Christie's, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1932, no. 399.
London, Batsford Gallery, Exhibition of Three Centuries of French Taste, 1932, no. 84.
London, Christie's, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1932, no. 399.
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