JEAN-BAPTISTE COUVELET (FRENCH, 1772-1830)

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JEAN-BAPTISTE COUVELET (FRENCH, 1772-1830)
A young lady, in white dress with acanthus leaf motif border, a crimson shawl draped over her right shoulder
Signed and dated ‘JBte. Couvelet. An XII’ (lower left) and '1803' (lower right)
On ivory
76 mm. diam., gilt-metal mount
Various collection labels on the reverse.

Provenance

Mme J. Brasseur Collection, Lille, no. 17; part 3, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Room 7, 15 April 1921, lot 6.
Sotheby’s, London, 11 March 1993, lot 32.

Literature

N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les Peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris, 2008, p. 172.

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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Lot Essay

For a recent account of the artist Couvelet, see B. Chaignet Sortais, 'Jean-Baptiste Couvelet, Jean-Baptiste Ponce Lambert, Angélique Bouillet. OEuvres en miniature', La miniature en Europe. Des portraits de propagande aux oeuvres élephantesques, Paris, 2013, pp. 63-69.

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