Lot 335
  • 335

Jean-Baptiste Madou

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste Madou
  • Five Watercolors of Dresses Worn by the Queen of Belgium
  • signed, 1836/37
  • watercolor on paper. 5 works.
  • approximately 12 1/4 by 10 in.
  • 31 by 25.5 cm
each signed Madou lower right, some dated 1836 and 1837

Provenance

Tableaux, Mobilier et Livres, Appartenant a Mgr le Comte de Paris et Madame la Comtesse de Paris, sold, Sotheby's, Monaco, December 14, 1996, lot 92

Catalogue Note

The costumes were worn by the Queen of Belgium at various balls given at the Palais de Bruxelles between 1835 and 1836. The costumes were those of Jeanne d'Aragon, Mlle. de Montpensier, Elisabeth de Bourbon, Marguerite d'Autriche and Marie de Bourgogne.