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NICHOLAS ANTOINE LEBEL (FRENCH, FL. C. 1804-1845)
Charles X (1757-1836), King of France 1824-1830, in profile to the left, in military uniform and wearing orders including the breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Saint Esprit, the badges of Orders of Saint Louis and the Legion of Honour, painted to imitate a cameo
Inscribed 'CHARLES X ROI / DE FRANCE' around the edge and signed 'LEBEL' (under the truncation)
On ivory
98 mm. diam., gilt-metal frame
Charles X (1757-1836), King of France 1824-1830, in profile to the left, in military uniform and wearing orders including the breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Saint Esprit, the badges of Orders of Saint Louis and the Legion of Honour, painted to imitate a cameo
Inscribed 'CHARLES X ROI / DE FRANCE' around the edge and signed 'LEBEL' (under the truncation)
On ivory
98 mm. diam., gilt-metal frame
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 474, II, 990, illustrated III, pl. 340, fig. 692.
Special notice
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