Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
François Ferrière
Portrait of Charles, Comte d'Artois, later Charles X, King of France (1757-1836), circa 1798
Lot Closed
December 9, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
François Ferrière
Geneva 1752 - 1839 Morges
Portrait of Charles, Comte d'Artois, later Charles X, King of France (1757-1836), circa 1798
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame
6.1 by 4.8 cm., 2 1/2 by 2 in.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 24 November 1983, lot 352 (as Huet-Villiers)
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt 2001, p. 411, no. 173 (as Huet-Villiers)
Lausanne, Musée Historique, 100 ans de miniatures suisse 1780-1880, no. 135 (as Ferrière)
This miniature is based on Henri-Pierre Danloux's portrait of the Comte d'Artois which was painted in 1798.