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CIRCLE OF PIERRE ADOLPHE HALL
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CIRCLE OF PIERRE ADOLPHE HALL

The Duchesse de Guiche (1768-1803), in loose red-bordered white décolleté dress revealing her right breast, gauze scarf tucked into a dark belt with diamond-shaped plaque depicting a nude, green ribbon and white, red and blue flowers in her powdered upswept curling hair

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CIRCLE OF PIERRE ADOLPHE HALL
The Duchesse de Guiche (1768-1803), in loose red-bordered white décolleté dress revealing her right breast, gauze scarf tucked into a dark belt with diamond-shaped plaque depicting a nude, green ribbon and white, red and blue flowers in her powdered upswept curling hair
oval, 2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) high, rectangular ormolu frame with foliate border and fleur-de-lys spandrels, fitted red leather case, the cover stamped 'HALL PORTRAIT DE LA DUCHESSE DE GUICHE' and tooled gold border, made at the order of Félix Panhard by L. Houde at 82 rue Bonaparte, Paris
Provenance
The celebrated collection of Mr Vincent, Paris, sold en bloc by his only son Prosper Vincent to Félix Panhard, on 2 April 1883, for 210,000 Gold Francs.
Félix Panhard (1842-1891), Paris.
His nephew Hippolyte Panhard.
Thence by family descent until sale of the Panhard Collection, part I, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 5 December 1975, lot 83 (as attributed to Hall).
Literature
J. Boissieux, 'Gages d'amour: les miniatures', abc, no. 153-154, July-August 1977, illustrated in colour p. 15.
P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire, Musée du Louvre et Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, p. 177.
B. Galimard Flavigny, 'La grâce de la duchesse de Guiche', Petites affiches, no. 107, 31 May 1999, p. 22.
Exhibited
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, OEuvres d'art du XVIIIe siècle, 1906, no. 202.
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Lot Essay

The Duchesse de Guiche, née Aglaé de Polignac was the wife of Antoine VIII, future Duc de Gramont. She was frequently painted by Madame Vigée-LeBrun. A similar miniature was sold Sotheby's, London, 19 November 1984, lot 387 and a further example, by Hall, can be found mounted in a ring in the collection of the Louvre.

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