Lot 5036 ♣ - ibid129 Decorations and Various - online only - Tuesday, 27. September 2022, 01.00 PM
TWO PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF CHILDREN
Louis XVI, France, end of the 18th century. One signed Guerin (probably Jean Urbain Guerin 1761-1836) and dated 1791.
Mixed media on ivory. One portrait miniature depicts a girl with a lace bonnet and a blue ribbon, in a white dress with a blue sash around her waist. She is carrying a flower basket. The back of the frame inscribed: Fanny de Coigny mariée à Horace Sabastiani, décédée à Constantinople le ... 1807. The second portrait miniature depicts a girl or a boy wearing a white shirt and a yellow wraparound garment. Both portrait miniatures in a bronze frame, probably gilt later. The top of the frames featuring a crown. Both portraits with a capsule in the back, containing locks of hair.
6.5 × 4.5 cm, with frame 17 × 13.5 cm.
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- One portrait miniature cracked.
- Frames with repairs.
- One frame has a loose part.
- Rear glass defective.
Provenance:
- Art dealer Otto Büel, Lucerne.
- By inheritance in the present private collection.
The inscription refers to Fanny de Franquetot de Coigny (1778-1807), married to François Horace Bastien Sabastiani.
- Frames with repairs.
- One frame has a loose part.
- Rear glass defective.
Provenance:
- Art dealer Otto Büel, Lucerne.
- By inheritance in the present private collection.
The inscription refers to Fanny de Franquetot de Coigny (1778-1807), married to François Horace Bastien Sabastiani.
CHF 600 / 800 | (€ 620 / 820)
Sold for CHF 2 125 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.