Lot 130
  • 130

JEAN-BAPTISTE ISABEY | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Charlotte Emilie Alexandre d'Hanache, comtesse du La Tour-du-Pin Verclause

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Isabey, Jean-Baptiste
  • Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Charlotte Emilie Alexandre d'Hanache, comtesse du La Tour-du-Pin Verclause
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gold frame decorated with diamonds
  • 51 by 42 mm.

Provenance

John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913);
sale, London, Christie's, 24 June 1935, lot 472 (as Louis Léopold Boilly);
Leo R. Schidlof;
sale, London, Christie's, 27 November 1979, lot 49

Literature

Williamson, 1906-1908, no. 632;
Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 411 & 412, no. 180;
Moorehead, 2009, illust. back dust-jacket   

Condition

In good order and typical of the period.
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