MRS. BAROU (fl. 1797-1801)

A young Lady, facing right in white dress, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair

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MRS. BAROU (fl. 1797-1801)
A young Lady, facing right in white dress, white bandeau in her long powdered curling hair
signed and dated on the backing card 'Mrs. Barou St. Albans St- Pall Mall No. 33.'
oval, 36 in. (81 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within silver-gilt frame with split-pearl border, the reverse with seed pearls, locks of hair and gold wire on opaque glass within blue glass surround and engraved border
Provenance
Auktionshaus S. Kende, Vienna, 2 March 1937, lot 3.
Gnther Muthmann, Wuppertal.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 68 (qualified as 'typique').
Sale room notice
Please note that the lot numbers for the illustration of lot 164 and 165 are transposed.

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