Antoine Cardon (1772-1813) holding a quill in his right hand and a tooled leather portfolio in his left hand, in brown coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat

细节

JOHNS (BELGIAN, FL. C. 1795 - C. 1822)
Antoine Cardon (1772-1813) holding a quill in his right hand and a tooled leather portfolio in his left hand, in brown coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat
signed 'Johns' (lower right)
rectangular, 3½ x 3 in. (88 x 77 mm.), gilt-metal frame

来源

Jean Rogan.
Sotheby's, Geneva, 11 November 1981, lot 331.

出版

Exhibition catalogue Autissier et le portrait miniature romantique en Belgique, Brussels, Kredietbank, 1998, p. 163.

注意事项

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拍品专文

Antoine Cardon, a well-known engraver, was a pupil of his father. He was born in Brussels and moved to London in 1792 where he died in 1813.
For information on the miniaturist Johns, see the article on him in the Autissier exhibition catalogue (supra).