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Bouelle (French, Fl. C. 1797-1811)
A lady in white dress, seated in an interior, holding a letter
Signed and dated ‘Bouelle / 1796’ (mid-right)
On ivory
78 mm. diam., ormolu frame
A lady in white dress, seated in an interior, holding a letter
Signed and dated ‘Bouelle / 1796’ (mid-right)
On ivory
78 mm. diam., ormolu frame
Provenance
Goldschmidt Collection, Vienna; Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 4 June 1937, lot 1172.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0126 and 91).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0126 and 91).
Literature
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 923, illustrated III, pl. 87, fig. 151.
Lemoine-Bouchard 2008, p. 115.
Lemoine-Bouchard 2008, p. 115.
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