BOREL Antoine Charles Thérèse (1777-1838), MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A BOY, COMTAL CROW FRAME, 1818
Portrait of a little boy in a green suit, his hand on the head of a small artificial sabre for children. The miniature is signed and dated to the right : Borel 1818 Antoine Borel (1777-1838), is from a family comprising many artists. He himself was a pupil for a time of Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, and became director of the school of drawing in Besancon in 1815. The massive rosewood frame, decorated with rich gilded ormolu bronzes and a comtal crown, is of exceptional quality.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
BOREL Antoine Charles Thérèse (1777-1838)
SIGNED:
Borel 1818
FRAME :
Rosewood and ormolu frame, ornated with a comtal crown
PORTRAIT SIZE:
6,5x5,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
19,5x13cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good condition
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Blattel, Schidlof, Theme et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard