ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE SOMPSOIS (FRENCH, FL. 1755 - 1797) AFTER VIRGILIUS ERICHSEN (DANISH, 1722-1782)

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ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-FRANÇOIS DE SOMPSOIS (FRENCH, FL. 1755 - 1797) AFTER VIRGILIUS ERICHSEN (DANISH, 1722-1782)
Grand Duke Paul Petrovich (1754-1801), in claret red coat and waistcoat, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew and the jewel of the Order of St Anna
on parchment laid down on card
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, later parcel-gilt silver frame

來源

Sotheby's, London, 31 January 1977, lot 42.

注意事項

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

榮譽呈獻

Matilda Burn

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拍品專文

The present miniature derives from a rectangular oil on canvas portrait by Virgilius Erichsen of 1764, now in The David Collection, Copenhagen, inv. no. 21 1962. For further information about the French artist working for the court in St Petersburg, Jean-François Sompsois, see N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London, online edition, 10 July 2012, verbo Sompsois, p. 1.

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