VILLENEUVE Cécile (1824-1901), MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF BARONESS DE BASTARD, BORN Marie DE MALEVILLE, PARIS 1869
Miniature by Cécile Villeneuve (1824-1901), signed on the right : Cécile Villeneuve The miniature is identified inside : Marie de Maleville, baroness de Bastard, Paris 1869. Cécile Villeneuve was a pupil of Léon Cogniet, then of François Meuret. She is rightly regarded as the most talented of the last miniaturists of the 19th century. The work is preserved in its exceptional chiselled ormulu frame, with the crowned figure of Baroness Marie de Bastard, signed by the Maison Alphonse Giroux.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
VILLENEUVE Cécile (1824-1901)
SIGNED:
Cécile Villeneuve
FRAME :
Original easel frame, emblazoned and crowned, ormolu, signed Alphonse Giroux
PORTRAIT SIZE:
9x7,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
15x11cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good condition. A crack restaured on left border
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe