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French School, circa 1790

Portrait of a lady

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December 9, 05:14 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

French School, circa 1790

Portrait of a lady

watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame


6.8 cm. Diam., 2¾ in. Diam.

David David-Weill (1871-1952), inv. no. 673, by 1936;
With Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London;
His executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1986, lot 65;
With Edwin Bucher, Trogen
London, Garrard, An Exhibition of Important 18th Century & Early 19th Century Miniatures and Enamels, 1961, no. 165
L. Gillet, C. Jeannerat, H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris 1957, pp. 266-67, no. 165;
G.N. Komelova, Augustin Ritt - Russian Miniaturist, St Petersburg 2004, p. 167, no. 142