細節
TWO 18TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURES
A young lady, in white dress with mauve sash, a spray of lilac at corsage, powdered hair, After Louis-Marie Sicardi (French, 1743-1825); together with A young gentleman, in open-neck white shirt, turquoise waistcoat, powdered wig en queue, by Antoine Vestier (French, 1740-1824)
The latter signed and dated ‘vestier 1791’ (mid-right)
Both on ivory
Ovals, 64 mm. high, gold frame with split-pearl border, and 43 mm. high, gilt-metal mount, respectively
來源
The former, with Sotirio Bulgari, Rome.
Sotheby’s, London, 4 June 1998, lot 18 (as ‘In the manner of Luc Marie Sicardi’)
The latter, Christie’s, London, 17 October 1995, lot 21.
注意事項
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