Lot 51
  • 51

Jeanne Alexandre Maricot

Estimate
3,500 - 6,500 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jeanne Alexandre Maricot
  • Portrait d'officier portant la légion d'honneur
  • Aquarelle et gouache sur ivoire, dans un cadre en métal ciselé, enchassé dans un encadrement en bois;
    Signé au centre à droite: Maricot 1818
  • 141 x 116 mm

Provenance

Dr Mersel, Vienne;
sa vente, Schidlof Galerie, Vienne, 20 octobre 1919, lot 95;
Albert Lindheimer, Frankfort, en 1924;
Hilde Frank, Leipzig;
Ernst Holzscheiter;
sa vente, Sotheby's, Londres, 1 mai 1980, lot 112

Exhibited

Vienne, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 583

Literature

L. Schidlof, Die Bildnisminiatur in Franreich, Vienne et Leipzig, 1911, pls. XLVII;
L. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, vol. III, pl. 387, no. 791

Condition

The colours in this miniature are strong and bright. At the lower left edge there has been some paint losses. The frame is in good order.
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Catalogue Note

Jeanne Alexandre Maricot, Portrait of an Officer Wearing the Légion D'honneur ; Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount, fruit-wood frame ; Signed centre right; Maricot 1818