Lot 46
  • 46

Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Estimate
3,500 - 6,500 EUR
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Description

  • Jean-Baptiste Isabey
  • Portrait de femme, dit Madame Coutteau, vers 1810
  • Aquarelle et gouache sur ivoire, dans un cadre en métal ciselé;
    Signé en bas à gauche: Isabey
  • Diamètre 64 mm

Provenance

John Lumsden Propert, no. 215;
vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Londres, 11 décembre 1958, lot 94;
acquis par Leo Schidlof (1886-1966)

Exhibited

Londres, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, 1889, no. 31 

Condition

Around the top edge there may have been some retouching and in general the colours are a little faded. However, this miniature is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Portrait of a Lady, Called Madame Coutteau, c.1810 ; Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame ; Signed lower left: Isabey