Lot 135
  • 135

ÉTIENNE CHARLES LEGUAY | Portrait of a lady, circa 1800

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Étienne Charles Leguay
  • Portrait of a lady, circa 1800
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame, decorated with enamel beading;signed lower right: E.C. Le Guay.
  • 90 mm. Diam.

Provenance

Sale, Geneva, Christie's, 16 Novemeber 1993, lot 182

Literature

Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 417, no. 230

Condition

Overall very good. Slight irregularity at margin between 8 and 10 o'clock possibly due to dampness - not obtrusive. Possibly slight fading to the most delicate pigments.
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