Lot 123
  • 123

FRANÇOIS FERRIÈRE | Portrait of Charles, Comte d'Artois, later Charles X, King of France (1757-1836), circa 1798

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Portrait of Charles, Comte d'Artois, later Charles X, King of France (1757-1836), circa 1798
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame
  • 61 by 48 mm.

Provenance

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 24 November 1983, lot 352 (as Huet-Villiers)

Exhibited

Lausanne, 1999-2000, no. 135 (as Ferrière)

Literature

Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 411, no. 173 (as Huet-Villiers)

Condition

In very good colour and surface order.
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Catalogue Note

This miniature is based on Henri-Pierre Danloux's portrait of the Comte d'Artois which was painted in 1798.
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