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MARIE-GABRIELLE CAPET (FRENCH, 1761-1818)
A girl, in a floral woodland landscape, in white Empire dress with frilled collar, upswept fair hair held with a pearl-set comb; trees and pink rose bush in background
signed and dated 'm.gabrielle Capet 1817' (mid-right)
on ivory
2¼ in. (58 mm.) diam., gold-mount, set on the lid of a blonde tortoiseshell Louis XVI bonbonnière decorated with gold piqué posé stars and pellets
A girl, in a floral woodland landscape, in white Empire dress with frilled collar, upswept fair hair held with a pearl-set comb; trees and pink rose bush in background
signed and dated 'm.gabrielle Capet 1817' (mid-right)
on ivory
2¼ in. (58 mm.) diam., gold-mount, set on the lid of a blonde tortoiseshell Louis XVI bonbonnière decorated with gold piqué posé stars and pellets
Provenance
Madame Paulme Collection; part II, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 8 April 1919, lot 60 (erroneously as dated 1812; 1,760 FF).
Literature
J.-E. Darmon, Dictionnaire des peintres miniaturistes sur vélin, parchemin, ivoire et écaille, Paris, n. d. [c. 1927], p. 30.
A. Doria, Gabrielle Capet, Paris, 1934, p. 86, no. 121 (erroneously as dated 1812), illustrated pl. XIX, fig. 23.
A. Doria, Gabrielle Capet, Paris, 1934, p. 86, no. 121 (erroneously as dated 1812), illustrated pl. XIX, fig. 23.
Special notice
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.
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