SAUVAGE Piat-Joseph (1744-1818), VICTORY LEADING HER QUADRIGE, MINIATURE ON GOLD BOX, CIRCA 1795
Important painted miniature " in grisaille ", signed below : Sauvage. Piat-Joseph Sauvage presents here Victory, guiding her quadriga. The originalle composition is wilde and full of ardour, horses are there particularly realistic. Doubtless painted during the revolutionary period, this large-sized miniature, is preserved on its snuff box of origin in brown scale gold mounted.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
SAUVAGE Piat-Joseph (1744-1818)
SIGNED:
Sauvage
FRAME :
Original tortoiseshell box, gold mounted (gold punches)
PORTRAIT SIZE:
8 cm
FRAME SIZE:
8,5x2,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good condition. A begining of crack restaured
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Lemoine Bouchard, Henri Bouchot, François Pupil, Bernd Pappe
PRICE:
5500€