Sale 7453
London
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27 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 4,500
Estimate
JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832) A self-portrait of the artist, in open white shirt square, 2¾ x 2¾ in. (70 x 70 mm.), gilt-metal mount set in gilt-bronze frame with acanthus leaf border
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Another self-portrait of Augustin is illustrated in P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, pp. 36-37, no. 25.
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