Lot Essay
A version in enamel was in the David-Weill and Clore Collections, part I sold London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 139.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
CHARLES-PAUL-JÉRÔME DE BRÉA, signed, circa 1785
Details
CHARLES-PAUL-JÉRÔME DE BRÉA, signed, circa 1785
"Les deux cages": a girl opening her corsage in order to exhibit her breasts to a curious sparrow, another hesitant sparrow seated at the open door of a bird-cage on a gilt-wood table; oval -- 86 mm high, cast ormolu frame with a laurel border and a foliate ribbon surmount.
"Les deux cages": a girl opening her corsage in order to exhibit her breasts to a curious sparrow, another hesitant sparrow seated at the open door of a bird-cage on a gilt-wood table; oval -- 86 mm high, cast ormolu frame with a laurel border and a foliate ribbon surmount.