Lot Essay
Other miniatures by this Genevan artist are included in the exhibition catalogue L'âge d'or du petit portrait, Bordeaux, Geneva, Paris, 1995-1996, illustrated p. 241, nos. 152-154.
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JEANNE-LOUISE-SOPHIE JANIN, NÉE DELARUE (SWISS, 1781-1842)
A young lady, seated, in white Swiss muslin dress with short sleeves, red shawl draped across her left shoulder and over wooden chair, dark plaited hair upswept and dressed in ringlets
signed and dated 'L Janin 1813' (lower right)
on ivory
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
A young lady, seated, in white Swiss muslin dress with short sleeves, red shawl draped across her left shoulder and over wooden chair, dark plaited hair upswept and dressed in ringlets
signed and dated 'L Janin 1813' (lower right)
on ivory
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
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