A portrait miniature of a courtly Rococo lady. - image-1

Lot 779 Dα

A portrait miniature of a courtly Rococo lady.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
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A portrait miniature of a courtly Rococo lady.

Enamel on copper in the original gold frame; loosely set into a further, modern 14k gold frame. A portrait miniature of a courtly Rococo lady. Signed to the right edge: "Courtois". With an inv. no. of the David Weill Collection in counter enamel: "D.-W. 4148". 4.1 x 3.5 cm.
Nicolas André Courtois (Paris 1734 - ibid. 1806), ca. 1775.

Provenance

Collection Walter Moraw. Formerly the David-Weill Collection, Paris. - Charles Clore Collection, auctioned by Sotheby's London, 1986 "The Clore Collection of Portrait Miniatures".

Literature

Listed in: Clouzot, La miniature sur émail en France, Paris 1925, p. 58.