Lot 106
  • 106

FRANÇOIS DUMONT | Portrait of a lady, circa 1790

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

  • François Dumont
  • Portrait of a lady, circa 1790
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, chased gold mount, silver case, glazed reverse;signed lower right: Dumont
  • 58 mm. Diam.

Provenance

B. Prins;
sale, Amsterdam, S.J. Mak van Waay, 4 June 1935, lot 351;
The Ponche Collection;
sale, Luzern, Galerie Fischer, 7 September 1935, lot 1693;
Ernst Holzscheiter, Milan (d. 1962);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1986, lot 55

Literature

Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 407, no. 133

Condition

In good condition.
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