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DANIEL SAINT (FRENCH, 1778-1847)
A child, in white off-the-shoulders dress with pink sash, holding a bouquet of flowers, fair hair dressed in ringlets; landscape background
signed 'Saint.' (mid-left)
on ivory (artist's joins)
rectangular, 4 x 3 3/16 in. (101 x 81 mm.), gilt-metal mount with stamped surround
A child, in white off-the-shoulders dress with pink sash, holding a bouquet of flowers, fair hair dressed in ringlets; landscape background
signed 'Saint.' (mid-left)
on ivory (artist's joins)
rectangular, 4 x 3 3/16 in. (101 x 81 mm.), gilt-metal mount with stamped surround
Provenance
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. MD/173; part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March, 1977, lot 106.
Literature
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 711 (as 'excellent'), p. 1037, no. 1041, illustrated IV, pl. 508, no. 1041.
Exhibited
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 391 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
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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