AUGUSTIN Jean-Baptiste-Jacques (1759-1832), PORTRAIT OF A MAN IN BLUE JACKET, MINIATURE DATED 1784

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: AUGUSTIN Jean-Baptiste-Jacques (1759-1832)

SIGNED: 7bre 1784 (or 1789)

FRAME : Two sides gilded metal pendant frame, 18th century .

PORTRAIT SIZE: 6cm

FRAME SIZE: 7cm

DESCRIPTION :

Miniature by Jean-Baptiste Jacques AUGUSTIN, portrait of a man in a blue jacket, dated right : 7bre 1784(or 89?).

Bernd Pappe, in his catalogue raisonné  " Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature" (Scripta 2015), reproduces this beautiful portrait from the very beginning of the artist’s career (see note on page 238). At that time, Augustin had not yet signed his miniatures (the first signed miniature dating from 1789). If the head of the sitter is by Augustin's hand, the costume seems to be finished by a menber of his studio.


CONDITION: Very good original condition

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bernd Pappe " J. B. J. Augustin une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature", reprod. page 238, inventaire n°53

PRICE: 5800€