HALL Peter Adolph (1739-1793), MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF VICOMTESSE Marie Suzanne DE RENOUARD DE BUSSIERE, CIRCA 1780
Known as one of the most important miniatures painted by Pierre Adolphe Hall, this famous miniature was reproduced by Henri Bouchot in 1907 in its work on the French miniature and exhibited in 1906 in the national Library of Paris.. It shows in a garden, the Viscountess de Renouard de Bussière. Born Marie-Suzanne Doucet de Surigny ( 1751-1825 ), she married Etienne-Cyprien Renouard de Bussière ( 1734-1794 ). He is the author of the quatrain on the lapel of frame : "...portrait oh juste de celle qui m'est chère-qu'on juge par lui qu'elle doit plaire-----peindre son coeur..." (" portrait oh just of the one who is dear to me that we judge by him that she has to please-----to paint her heart... "). Towards the end of the Revolution, Marie-Suzanne and her husband were also painted by her sister-in-law, the miniaturist Jeanne Doucet de Surigny Provenance : countess Edmond de Pourtalès ( 1836-1914 ), been born Mélanie Renouard de Bussière. Exhibition: Paris, National library, works of Art of XVIIIe century, 1906TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
HALL Peter Adolph (1739-1793)
SIGNED:
FRAME :
Original gilded and chased frame, a poem autographed by her husband on reverse
PORTRAIT SIZE:
9x7cm
FRAME SIZE:
13x12cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Perfect original condition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Blattel , Schidlof page 339, Darmon page 60, Lemoine Bouchard page 199, de Plinval de Guillebon page 138, H. Bouchot (reproduite page 60)