Sale 1168
Geneva
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18 May 1994
Price realised
CHF 1,150
Estimate
JOSEPH-ALEXANDRE BOICHARD, signed, circa 1815 A gentleman called Monsieur Arnoult, with short dark hair and sidewhiskers, wearing a blue coat over a white waistcoat and knotted cravat, decorated with the red ribbon of the Imperial French Order of the Légion d'honneur; column and blue drapery background; oval -- 61 mm high, gilt-metal mount.
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The identity of the sitter is due to an inscription on the backing paper of the miniature reading "Mon oncle Arnoult de Paris".
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