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Lot Essay
This is possibly an ad vivum likeness, painted perhaps during one of the young Queen's visits to King Louis-Philippe.
Details
JACQUES-NOËL-MARIE FRÉMY
Queen Victoria (1819-1901), in white dress, drop pearl earring, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in plaits and tied in a bun
oil on cardboard, gilt-brass frame with ribbon and tie surmount
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high
See Illustration
Queen Victoria (1819-1901), in white dress, drop pearl earring, her centre-parted brown hair dressed in plaits and tied in a bun
oil on cardboard, gilt-brass frame with ribbon and tie surmount
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high
See Illustration
Provenance
The artist's studio; Hôtel des ventes, Bayeux, 4 April 1988, lot 49 (part).
Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 410.
Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 410.
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