Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Jean-Baptiste Isabey
Portrait of Charles Victor, Vicomte d'Arlincourt (1789-1856), circa 1825
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December 4, 04:58 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Jean-Baptiste Isabey
Nancy 1767 - 1855 Paris
Portrait of Charles Victor, Vicomte d'Arlincourt (1789-1856), circa 1825
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper, gilt-metal frame
142 by 102 mm.
Gunther Muthmann, Wuppertal-Barman;
sale, Zurich, 17 May 1979, lot 161;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
sale, Zurich, 17 May 1979, lot 161;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt, 2001, p. 413, fig. 193;
Exhibition catalogue, Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855), portraitiste de l'Europe, Malmaison, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, 2005/2006, p. 153
Exhibition catalogue, Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767-1855), portraitiste de l'Europe, Malmaison, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, 2005/2006, p. 153
The sitter was a romantic novelist and playwight who gained populatity at both the courts of Napolean I and Louis XVIII.
In this portrait Isabey shows him holding a note-book which is inscribed with the titles of some of his works: La Caroléide (1818), Le Solitaire (1821), Le Renégat (1822) and Ipsiboé (1823).
In this portrait Isabey shows him holding a note-book which is inscribed with the titles of some of his works: La Caroléide (1818), Le Solitaire (1821), Le Renégat (1822) and Ipsiboé (1823).