FREDERIC DUBOIS (FRENCH, FL. C. 1780-1819)

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FREDERIC DUBOIS (FRENCH, FL. C. 1780-1819)
A young Russian lady, possibly a member of the Benckendorff family, in décolleté white shift pinned at shoulders with ruby-set pins, red sash tied in a ribbon around her waist, long string of pearls across shoulders, her right hand holding a gauze veil billowing in the wind across the back and top of her head, dark curling hair; windswept trees and flowers in background
signed 'DuBois' (lower right)
on ivory
octagonal, 3½ x 3 in. (90 x 77 mm.), gilt-metal mount

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Lot Essay

This is a superb example of the artist's Russian period. Dubois worked in St Petersburg between 1804 and 1818 and was a member of the Academy. A rectangular miniature which may depict the same sitter was sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 87 from the collection of Mrs Humphrey Brooke (Countess Nathalie Benckendorff), described as 'A lady, possibly a member of the Benckendorff family'.

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