STUDIO OF ADÉLAÏDE LABILLE-GUIARD (FRENCH, 1749-1803)

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STUDIO OF ADÉLAÏDE LABILLE-GUIARD (FRENCH, 1749-1803)
The painter Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (French, 1718-1795), in red velvet coat and breeches, embroidered grey silk waistcoat and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, seated in a green upholstered chair next to his easel, holding an artist's palette and paint brushes in his left hand
On ivory (with artist's join)
76 mm. diam., gilt-metal mount

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Lot Essay

The sitter was from a family of painters. He studied under his father, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, and painted portraits and allegorical scenes. The present miniature is after Labille-Guiard's oil on canvas portrait of 1785 which is now in the collection of the Palace of Versailles (see A. M. Passez, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Paris, 1973, pp. 148-159, no. 58, pl. XLVI).

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