Nicolas François Dun

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Simon Ritter von Metaxa, Vienna, by 1903;
sale, Vienna, Leo Schidlof's Auction House, 5-9 April 1921, lot 19;
David David-Weill (1871-1952), until 1936;
with Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (d. 1979), London;
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 41;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

G.E. Pazaurek, Miniatur-Portrate, Reichenberg, 1903, p. 18;
L. Gillet. C. Jeannerat & H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris, 1957, p. 100, no. 49;
L.R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 233;
M. Friesen, Französische Miniature 1770-1880, Darmstadt, 2001, p. 140, no. 407

Reichenberg, Nordbohmisches Gewerbemuseum, Miniatur-Portrait-Ausstellung, 1903;
Berlin, Salons Friedmann & Weber, 1906, no. 561;
London, Garrard's, An exhibition of important 18^th century and early 19^th century miniatures and enamels at Garrard, 1961, no. 49