Lot 110
  • 110

GEORGES NICOLAS TOUSSAINT AUGUSTIN, CALLED AUGUSTIN DUBOURG | Portrait of a lady, circa 1795

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Augustin Dubourg
  • Portrait of a lady, circa 1795
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame;signed lower right: Atn Dubourg
  • 68 mm. Diam.

Provenance

Jules Féral, Paris;
sale, Geneva, Christie's, 15 November 1988, lot 483

Literature

Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 406, fig. 122;
Lemoine-Bouchard, 2008,  p. 205;
du Pasquier, 2010, p. 205, illust.

Condition

There is an artist's extension following the curve of right side of the miniature. The face colours have faded and perhaps also the upholstery of the chair.
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