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    Sale 8457

    Objects of Vertu and Miniatures

    London, South Kensington

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    13 July 1999

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    Lot 114

    Continental School, circa 1790

    Price realised

    GBP 862

    Estimate

    GBP 300 - GBP 500

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    Continental School, circa 1790
    Baroness Henriette von Vrints, facing right in white dress with frilled collar and striped blue belt, wearing a diaphanous black gauze stole over her arms
    gilt-metal mount
    2in. (70mm.) diam.
    See Front Cover Illustration

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    Lot Essay

    Henriette, daughter of Franz Ludwig and Maria Anna von Berberich (see lots 111 and 112), married Alexander Conrad von Vrints (see lot 114). She was a talented amateur miniaturist (see lots 135 and 136).

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