A portrait of a boy in a blue coat by Deshayes. - image-1

Lot 261 D‡α

A portrait of a boy in a blue coat by Deshayes.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)
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A portrait of a boy in a blue coat by Deshayes.

Gouache on ivory in a later gilt metal frame. Signed and dated to the left edge "Deshayes 1820". H 7.3 x 5.5 cm.

Provenance

Purchased from K. Henninger-Tavcar art dealers, Pforzheim, 1981; Private collection, South Germany.

Literature

Illus. and described in: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. III, pl. 169 no. 316; vol. I, p. 201. Schidlof presents this miniature as proof of the existence of this artist, who he localises to England due to his use of gum arabic.