FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820

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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820
Marie-Caroline (1798-1870), Duchesse de Berry, née Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily, in black velvet riding coat with brass buttons in the shape of flowers, black braiding across her front, into which a pocket watch suspended from a chain is tucked, pink roses pinned at waist, black lace-collared cloak over red Cashmere scarf, black bonnet decorated with black plumes over her fair hair dressed in ringlets; landscape background
on ivory
oval, 4½ in. (114 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount within rectangular lemonwood-veneered wood panel

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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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Lot Essay

This miniature is inspired by a print by Pierre Audouin (1768-1822) based on a monochrome ad vivum portrait signed by Henri-Joseph Hesse (1781-1849), exhibited in the Paris Salon of 1819 and illustrated in N. Garnier Pelle et al., Portraits des maisons royales et impériales de France et d'Europe. Les Miniatures du musée Condé à Chantilly, Paris, 2007, no. 49.

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