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Jean-Pierre Huaut (Swiss, 1655-1723) and Ami Huaut (Swiss, 1657-1724)
A gentleman in silver breastplate and long curling wig
Signed on the counter-enamel ‘Les freres Huaut pinx.’
Enamel on copper
Oval, 57 mm. high, silver-gilt réverbère frame with blue enamel border
A gentleman in silver breastplate and long curling wig
Signed on the counter-enamel ‘Les freres Huaut pinx.’
Enamel on copper
Oval, 57 mm. high, silver-gilt réverbère frame with blue enamel border
Provenance
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 17 May 1949 (inv. nos. MD/0467 and 304).
Literature
Rieben 1951; Werner 1951; Rieben 1952, illustrated in colour pl. VIII.
Schneeberger 1958, p. 111.
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 977, illustrated III, pl. 294, fig. 585.
Schneeberger 1958, p. 111.
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 977, illustrated III, pl. 294, fig. 585.
Exhibited
Zurich 1955, no. 375 (as ‘a distinguished young lady’).
Geneva 1956, no. 221, illustrated.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
Geneva 1956, no. 221, illustrated.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
Special notice
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