拍品專文
There is a signed version of this miniature in the Wallace Collection (see G. Reynolds, Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Miniatures, London, 1980, no. 231, illustrated p. 247).
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Empress Joséphine (1763-1814), in white silk dress, the short gold-striped sleeves with standing gold lace border, large pearl necklace with drop-pearls, drop-pearl earrings and pearl-set tiara in her upswept curled dark hair; draped red curtain with gold tassels, pillar and foliate background
細節
DANIEL SAINT (FRENCH, 1778-1847)
Empress Joséphine (1763-1814), in white silk dress, the short gold-striped sleeves with standing gold lace border, large pearl necklace with drop-pearls, drop-pearl earrings and pearl-set tiara in her upswept curled dark hair; draped red curtain with gold tassels, pillar and foliate background
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high, foliate gold mount set in the cover of a gold-mounted ivory patch-box, the interior cover set with an earlier painted enamel plaque inscribed Acceptez le coeur et le Portrait de cel= le qui Vous aime et qui Vous séra fi= delle.
Empress Joséphine (1763-1814), in white silk dress, the short gold-striped sleeves with standing gold lace border, large pearl necklace with drop-pearls, drop-pearl earrings and pearl-set tiara in her upswept curled dark hair; draped red curtain with gold tassels, pillar and foliate background
oval, 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.) high, foliate gold mount set in the cover of a gold-mounted ivory patch-box, the interior cover set with an earlier painted enamel plaque inscribed Acceptez le coeur et le Portrait de cel= le qui Vous aime et qui Vous séra fi= delle.
來源
Sotheby's, Geneva, 7 May 1982, lot 323.
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.