Lot 94
  • 94

JOSEPH BOZE | Portrait of Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, Duc de Berry (1778-1820), circa 1785

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Description

  • Joseph Boze
  • Portrait of Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, Duc de Berry (1778-1820), circa 1785
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame, with scroll surmount
  • 71 by 55 mm.

Provenance

Marie-Caroline, Duchesse de Berry (d. 1870), wife of the sitter, Frohsdorf Castle, Austria;
David David-Weill (d. 1952), inv. no. 636, by 1936;
with Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (d. 1979), London;
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 15

Exhibited

London, 1961, no. 20;
Martigues, 2004-2005, p. 117, no. 32

Literature

Gillet, Jeannerat & Clouzot, 1957, no. 20, pp.50-51, illust.;
Jean-Richard, 1994, p. 61;
Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 401, no. 68;
Fabre, 2004, no. 32, p. 117;
Jeffares, 2006, p. 75;
Lemoine-Bouchard, 2008, p. 125

Condition

In good condition.
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