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ANTOINE VESTIER | Portrait of Marie de Thiézac, née Martel de Gaillon
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Antoine Vestier
- Portrait of Marie de Thiézac, née Martel de Gaillon
- Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, inset on the lid of a gold-mounted poudre-d'écaille box with tortoiseshell lining, Paris 1780-81;signed and dated lower right: Vestier fec 1781
- 43 by 35 mm.
Provenance
Edouard Warneck, Paris;
his sale, Vienna, Leo Schidlof's Auction House, 19 November 1924, lot 122;
Plantevigne, Paris, by 1956;
sale, Versailles, Trianon-Palace, 1 June 1972, lot 179;
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 6 May 1981, lot 38
his sale, Vienna, Leo Schidlof's Auction House, 19 November 1924, lot 122;
Plantevigne, Paris, by 1956;
sale, Versailles, Trianon-Palace, 1 June 1972, lot 179;
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 6 May 1981, lot 38
Exhibited
Vienna, 1924, no. 914;
Geneva, 1956, no. 450
Geneva, 1956, no. 450
Literature
Schidlof, 1964, vol. II, pp. 865-866;
Sueur, 1974, p. 27, 119, no. 47;
Passez, 1989, pp. 276-278, p. 278, no. 179, illust.
Sueur, 1974, p. 27, 119, no. 47;
Passez, 1989, pp. 276-278, p. 278, no. 179, illust.
Condition
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