The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III

The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 374. FRANÇOIS MEURET | PORTRAIT OF A LADY, PROBABLY MARIE CHARLOTTE, MARQUISE DE BONNEVAL, NÉE DE SEGUR (1810-1883), CIRCA 1840.

FRANÇOIS MEURET | PORTRAIT OF A LADY, PROBABLY MARIE CHARLOTTE, MARQUISE DE BONNEVAL, NÉE DE SEGUR (1810-1883), CIRCA 1840

Auction Closed

December 5, 07:06 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

FRANÇOIS MEURET

Nantes 1800 - 1887 Beaumont-le-Roger

PORTRAIT OF A LADY, PROBABLY MARIE CHARLOTTE, MARQUISE DE BONNEVAL, NÉE DE SEGUR (1810-1883), CIRCA 1840


Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, ormolu frame by Alphonse Giroux, Paris;

signed centre right: Meuret

105 by 85 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, London, Christie's, 7 December 2004, lot 262

Marie de Ségur, daughter of General Count Philippe de Ségur and his first wife Antoinette Le Gendre de Luçay, married Guy de Bonneval, 8th Marquis de Bonneval in 1830. Her god-daughter and half-sister, Célestine - the daughter of the General and his second wife Célestine de Vintimille du Luc - described her beauty and charm in her memoir Quand on savait vivre heureux: ‘Ses yeux étient grands et beaux, ses traits un peu aquilins et fort reguliers. De magnifiques cheveux noirs couronnaient son front. Elle avait une grande fraîcheur, assez d’embonpoint, une physionomie douce, intelligente et fine …’1


1 Armaillé, 1934, p. 5