Lot Essay
For a variant of this enamel, see H. A. Kennedy, 'Early English Portrait Miniatures in the Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch', The Studio, 1917 (Special Number), illustrated pl. LXVII.
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A young lady, facing left in loose lace-bordered white robe open to reveal her right breast, lace cap adorned with yellow ribbon in her dark hair, her right hand raised to her left breast
Details
ANDRÉ ROUQUET (1701-1758)
A young lady, facing left in loose lace-bordered white robe open to reveal her right breast, lace cap adorned with yellow ribbon in her dark hair, her right hand raised to her left breast
enamel on copper
oval, 2¼ in. (55 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with reeded border
A young lady, facing left in loose lace-bordered white robe open to reveal her right breast, lace cap adorned with yellow ribbon in her dark hair, her right hand raised to her left breast
enamel on copper
oval, 2¼ in. (55 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with reeded border
Provenance
Thomas Hugh Cobb; (+) Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1944, lot 75 (£76).