Lot 99
  • 99

JEAN BAPTISTE WEYLER | Portrait of an old gentleman, traditionally identified as the Comte d'Angivillier, circa 1785

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of an old gentleman, traditionally identified as the Comte d'Angivillier, circa 1785
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount;signed lower right: Weÿler ptre. Du Roy
  • 60 mm. Diam.

Provenance

Ernst Holzscheiter (1878-1962), Meilen, by 1955;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1986, lot 60

Exhibited

Zurich, 1955, no. 388 (as a Portrait of the Comte d'Angevillier);
Geneva, 1956, no. 462

Literature

Schidlof, 1964, vol. II, p. 898;
Lemoine-Bouchard, 2008, p. 539 

Condition

The work is in very condition. Slipping in the frame.
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