Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750 | Portrait of Princess Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France, née Princess of Saxony (1731-1767)
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May 7, 03:23 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750
PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS MARIA JOSEPHA, DAUPHINE OF FRANCE, NÉE PRINCESS OF SAXONY (1731-1767)
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gilt-metal frame
4.9 by 5.9 cm., 1⅞ by 2⅜ in.
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T.P. Barnard;
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 12 November 1980, lot 152
The sitter married Louis, Dauphin of France in 1747, who predeseased her. She was mother of three kings: Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X.
The present portrait is derived from a lost pastel by Maurice-Quentin Le Tour1. There is another version of this miniature, mounted on a latter box, within the Wallace Collection (inv. G&). We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in cataloguing this lot.
1) N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, on-line version - J.46.2225