Lot Essay
Another early miniature by Lagrénée, signed, was in the Clore Collection, sold Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1986, lot 8.
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Details
ANTHELME FRANÇOIS LAGRENEE (FRENCH, 1774-1832)
A young lady called Marquise de Templehof, in a wooded landscape, in décolleté white dress with white surcoat; trees and shrubs in the background
bearing signature 'Isabey' (lower right)
on ivory
3 in. (75 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
Inscribed in pen on the backing card 'Marquise de Templehof. 1797 par Isabey'
A young lady called Marquise de Templehof, in a wooded landscape, in décolleté white dress with white surcoat; trees and shrubs in the background
bearing signature 'Isabey' (lower right)
on ivory
3 in. (75 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount
Inscribed in pen on the backing card 'Marquise de Templehof. 1797 par Isabey'
Provenance
with Gertrud Rudigier, Munich (as by Jean Baptiste Isabey and from the Leo Schidlof Collection, Vienna).
Special notice
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