A French portrait miniature of Joachim Murat King of Naples - image-1

Lot 912 Dα

A French portrait miniature of Joachim Murat King of Naples

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 16:00 - Decorative Arts Furniture
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 567 € (incl. premium)

A French portrait miniature of Joachim Murat King of Naples

Gouache on ivory copy after a drawing by Jean Baptiste Isabey, depicting the king in his coronation robes with the collar of the Legion of Honour. Signed "Villain pinx. 1813." left edge. Minor chips to the edge of the ivory. Chip to the glass. Diameter 7 cm. Gilt copper frame.
Villain, 1813.

Certificate

Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0491-23).

Provenance

Sotheby's London auction "Fine Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Mr Edward Grosvenor Paine" on 22 June 1981, lot 6.

Rhenish private collection.

Literature

Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525. The miniature listed here with an identically described portrait after Isabey bears the signature "J.D. Villair 1813".