A portrait miniature of a young lady in a cashmere stole. - image-1

Lot 785 Dα

A portrait miniature of a young lady in a cashmere stole.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 3.100 € (incl. premium)

A portrait miniature of a young lady in a cashmere stole.

Gouche on ivory, in the original gilt metal mounted mahogany frame. A portrait miniature of a young lady in a cashmere stole. Signed right edge: "Duchesne pinxit Paris 1812". 9,7 x 8,2 cm.
Jean-Baptiste Duchesne (Gisors 1770 - Paris 1856).

Provenance

Collection Walter Moraw. Former Collection Moriz Mayr. Purchased 1983 from Kunsthandel Henninger-Tavcar, Pforzheim.

Literature

Mentioned in: Schidlof, Miniatures of Europe, vol. I, p. 218 "Sale M. Mayer, Wawra, Vienna, 16th May 1927, No. 29: Young lady in a white dress wearing a red shawl, iv. sign. and dat.: Paris 1812". Illus. vol. III, pl. 184, no. 343.