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Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (French, 1759-1832)
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1814/15, in Petit Costume d’Empereur
Signed and dated ‘Augustin. 1809.’ (mid-right)
On ivory
Oval, 50 mm. high, silver-gilt réverbère frame with blue enamel border
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1814/15, in Petit Costume d’Empereur
Signed and dated ‘Augustin. 1809.’ (mid-right)
On ivory
Oval, 50 mm. high, silver-gilt réverbère frame with blue enamel border
Provenance
The Collection of the late Gertrude, Countess of Dudley (1879-1952), née Millar; Sotheby’s, London, 25 November 1952, lot 88.
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 11 February 1953 (inv. nos. MD/0605 and 37).
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 11 February 1953 (inv. nos. MD/0605 and 37).
Literature
de Langle / Schlumberger 1957, p. 106.
Pappe 2015, p. 305, no. 653, illustrated.
Pappe 2015, p. 305, no. 653, illustrated.
Exhibited
Arenenberg 1954, no. 1, illustrated on the cover.
Geneva 1956, no. 15.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
Geneva 1956, no. 15.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
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