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MARIE-NICOLAS PONCE-CAMUS (FRENCH, 1778-1839)
A young lady, seated on a chair, in décolleté white dress with short sleeves and blue shawl, her dark hair dressed 'à coup de vent'; landscape background
signed and dated on the chair 'Ponce Camus an 1800' (lower right)
on ivory
rectangular, 2 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (60 x 54 mm.), gilt-metal mount stamped with palmette frieze
A young lady, seated on a chair, in décolleté white dress with short sleeves and blue shawl, her dark hair dressed 'à coup de vent'; landscape background
signed and dated on the chair 'Ponce Camus an 1800' (lower right)
on ivory
rectangular, 2 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (60 x 54 mm.), gilt-metal mount stamped with palmette frieze
Provenance
Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi Collection, Vienna.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La.; Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 66.
Edward Grosvenor Paine (1911-1989) Collection, New Orleans, La.; Christie's, London, 15 October 1996, lot 66.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, Die Bildnisminiatur in Frankreich im XVII., XVIII. und XIX. Jahrhundert, Vienna and Leipzig, 1911, pp. 232-233, 384, illustrated p. 103, p. 100.
M. von Boehn, Miniaturen und Silhouetten, Munich, 1917, p. 92, illustrated p. 103 fig. 100.
U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Leipzig, 1933, XXVII, p. 239.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 648, described as 'good'.
M. von Boehn, Miniaturen und Silhouetten, Munich, 1917, p. 92, illustrated p. 103 fig. 100.
U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Leipzig, 1933, XXVII, p. 239.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 648, described as 'good'.
Exhibited
Troppau (Silesia), Kaiser Franz Josef-Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Austellung von Miniaturen, 1905, no. 251.
Berlin, Salons Friedmann & Weber, Miniaturen-Ausstellung, 1906, no. 981 (lent by Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi, Vienna).
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, Das gemalte Kleinporträt, 1931, no. 50 (lent by Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi).
Berlin, Salons Friedmann & Weber, Miniaturen-Ausstellung, 1906, no. 981 (lent by Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi, Vienna).
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, Das gemalte Kleinporträt, 1931, no. 50 (lent by Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi).
Special notice
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