Lot 116
  • 116

JEAN BAPTISTE SOYER | Portrait of a lady painting a portrait miniature, circa 1795

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of a lady painting a portrait miniature, circa 1795
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame with white enamel beaded border
  • 74 mm. Diam.

Provenance

With Edwin Bucher, Trogen, by 1980

Literature

Friesen (ed.), 2011, p. 427, no. 345;
Hofstetter, 2008, p. 62, fig. 30;
du Pasquier, 2010, p. 95, illust.

Condition

Two vertical cracks on left hand side. 1 cm and 1.5cm in from margin - these are not too obtrusive otherwise the work is in good order.
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