The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III

STUDIO OF LOUIS FRANÇOIS AUBRY | SELF-PORTRAIT, CIRCA 1805

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December 5, 07:06 PM GMT

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STUDIO OF LOUIS FRANÇOIS AUBRY

Paris 1767 - 1851

SELF-PORTRAIT, CIRCA 1805

Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame

142 by 112 mm.

Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue This lot contains ivory. Due to recent changes in the laws of many countries (e.g. US, France) Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict the import of elephant ivory and prohibit the import of African elephant ivory. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby's assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry. Sotheby's shipping will only assist in shipping the lot to either domestic UK or EU destinations, where delivery is made by road transport. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation.

Sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 15 May 1986, lot 179

Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 396, illust.;

Pappe, Schmieglitz-Otten & Otten, 2002, p. 62, no. 3;

Du Pasquier, 2010, pp. 108, 100, illust.

The prime version of this self-portrait was given to the Louvre by the artist’s widow in 1860, the year of his death (inv. no. 23588). Aubry ran two studios in Paris, one for men, the other for women. Part of his pupil’s training involved copying and this self-portrait provided one such model. Consequently there are numerous extant versions, some of them signed by the pupil, as is the case of a copy in the Wallace Collection, London, which is signed and dated 1810 by Marie Victoire Jacquotot (inv. no. M252).