Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
R*** Maisars
Portrait of Gaspard Antoine, Count Prévost de la Croix
Lot Closed
December 9, 04:49 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
R*** Maisars
Fl. circa 1770
Portrait of Gaspard Antoine, Count Prévost de la Croix
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, silver-gilt open-work frame, set with glass pastes, ribbon tie suspension loop;
signed and dated verso: R. Maisars 1774
3.4 by 2.6 cm., 1⅜ by 1⅛ in.
By descent to Baron Othon de Bourgoing, Vienna, by 1925;
Sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 14 November 1985, lot 204
Sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 14 November 1985, lot 204
J. de Bourgoing, Miniaturen von Heinrich Friedrich Fuger und anderen Meistern, Vienna 1925, no. 25, pp. 6, 77, illust.;
L. R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 540;
N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris 2008, p. 365
L. R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 540;
N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris 2008, p. 365
The sitter wears the French Order of Saint Louis.