GERARD Jean-François SAID FONTALLARD (1772-1857), PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, MINIATURE DATED 1815

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: GERARD Jean-François DIT FONTALLARD (1772-1857)

SIGNED: Fontallard 1815

FRAME : Empire ormolu frame.

PORTRAIT SIZE: 7cm

FRAME SIZE: 11x11cm

DESCRIPTION :

Rare miniature by Jean-François GERARD said FONTALLARD (1772-1857), signed and dated at the left : Fontallard 1815.

The artist offers here a magnificent portrait, full of strength and presence, that of a young man in blue jacket, with an incredibly contemporary hairstyle.


CONDITION: Good condition. A beginning of crack restaured in left background by Dr. B. Pappe. Tiny humidity on right border.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe

PRICE: 7900€