Lot 89
  • 89

ADÉLAÏDE LABILLE-GUIARD | Portrait of a mother and father with their daughter at a harpsichord, circa 1780

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
  • Portrait of a mother and father with their daughter at a harpsichord, circa 1780
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount
  • 72 mm. Diam.

Provenance

David David-Weill (1871-1952), inv. no. 692, until 1936;
with Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London;
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 53

Exhibited

London, 1961, no. 237

Literature

Gillet, et al., 1957, p. 348, no. 237, illust. p. 349;
Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 420, pl. 267 (as Périn-Sabreux);
Auricchio, 2009, p. 124, no. C1;
du Pasquier, 2010, p. 96, illust. (as 'joli groupe familial très expressif et naturel')

Condition

Irregular crack, approx. 15 mm. on right side, running down miniature on the father's back. Minor surface dust, otherwise good.
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