MONNIER, PORTRAIT OF A GIRL, LARGE MINIATURE CIRCA 1790/1810
Very large miniature, showing the portrait of a fair girl, on a satin blue curtains background, signed to the right : Monnier. Several artists signed under this name in this period : Anicet-Charles Le Monnier ( 1744-1824 ), and Philippe Monnier (? 1838). The dress and the hairstyle of the girl do not allow to date more exactly the work. The touch, rivals in quality, that of Sicardy at the beginning of the XIXth century. This large-sized on ivory miniature, required the enlargement of the patch of ivory on the left. The joint was placed by the artist in curtains, for less visibility. The silver frame had the transformations. We distinguish in the backhand the track of two necklaces of suspension, eliminated for the benefit of a central punched silver bail, welded later onlyon one amounts of the frame(to allow the opening).TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
Monnier (ou Lemonnier)
SIGNED:
Monnier
FRAME :
Silver frame (punch), watercolor miniature on the reverse
PORTRAIT SIZE:
10,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
11,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good original condition. Artist's join of origine in left part. Transformations on frame.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Blattel, Schidlof, Lemoine Bouchard