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JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832)
A young lady, seated, in décolleté white silk and lilac muslin dress, revealing right breast, wearing gold armlet and bracelet, holding a letter in her right hand inscribed 'Italie en 1800', her left arm resting on a burnt-orange Cashmere shawl draped over the back of her elaborately carved sofa, a harp in the background
signed 'Augustin' (mid-right)
on ivory
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) diam., gold mount set on the cover of a tortoiseshell-lined ivory bonbonnière
A young lady, seated, in décolleté white silk and lilac muslin dress, revealing right breast, wearing gold armlet and bracelet, holding a letter in her right hand inscribed 'Italie en 1800', her left arm resting on a burnt-orange Cashmere shawl draped over the back of her elaborately carved sofa, a harp in the background
signed 'Augustin' (mid-right)
on ivory
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) diam., gold mount set on the cover of a tortoiseshell-lined ivory bonbonnière
Provenance
De la Hey Collection; part I, Sotheby's, London, 27 May 1968, lot 39 (£400 to Agnew).
With Sotirio Bulgari, Rome.
With Sotirio Bulgari, Rome.
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 13.
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 15.
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 15.
Special Notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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