THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS LADY
TWO SWISS ENAMEL PORTRAIT MINIATURES
ONE BY JAQUES THOURON, UNSIGNED, THE OTHER BY MARIE GIDE, SIGNED, BOTH CIRCA 1785
Details
TWO SWISS ENAMEL PORTRAIT MINIATURES
one by Jaques Thouron, unsigned, the other by Marie Gide, signed, both circa 1785
Both oval and framed, one, by Thouron, depicting a young Lady with curly long dark hair, half-length, facing right in a blue dress and white muslin chemise à la Reine, the other, by Marie Gide, depicting a Gentleman with short powdered wig and black wig-bag, wearing a plum-coloured coat with white lace jabot
62 mm. (2 3/8 in.) and 48 mm. (1 7/8 in.) high (2)
one by Jaques Thouron, unsigned, the other by Marie Gide, signed, both circa 1785
Both oval and framed, one, by Thouron, depicting a young Lady with curly long dark hair, half-length, facing right in a blue dress and white muslin chemise à la Reine, the other, by Marie Gide, depicting a Gentleman with short powdered wig and black wig-bag, wearing a plum-coloured coat with white lace jabot
62 mm. (2 3/8 in.) and 48 mm. (1 7/8 in.) high (2)
Provenance
the miniature by Thouron:
Dr. Laurent Rehfous, Geneva.
Dr. Laurent Rehfous, Geneva.
Literature
the miniature by Gide:
Léo R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 982, no. 467, illustrated III, pl. 239, no. 467.
Léo R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 982, no. 467, illustrated III, pl. 239, no. 467.