VILLENEUVE Cécile(1824-1901) , PORTRAIT MINIATURE DE LA COMTESSE DE TALHOUET-ROY, NEE DE MERINVILLE, PARIS 1888
Miniature by Cécile Villeneuve (1824-1901), signed on the righ t: Cécile Villeneuve The miniature is identified inside : Antoinette de Mérinville, Countess Georges de Talhouët-Roy, painted in Paris in 1888. Cécile Villeneuve is rightly considered as the most talented of the last miniaturists of the 19th century. The portrait is preserved in an exceptional golden ormolu frame.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
SIGNED:
Cécile Villeneuve (1824-1901)
FRAME :
Ormulu chevalet frame .
PORTRAIT SIZE:
9x7,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
18x13,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good original condition. Tiny restaurations in curtains's paint on left
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe