CAPET Marie-Gabrielle (1761-1818), PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, CIRCA 1795

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

ARSTIST: CAPET Marie-Gabrielle (1761-1818)

SIGNED: M. Gabrielle Capet

FRAME : Gilded circle metal mount

PORTRAIT SIZE: 7cm

FRAME SIZE: 8,5cm

DESCRIPTION :

Beautiful miniature  portrait by Marie-Gabrielle Capet, signed on the tree trunk on the left : Mr. Gabrielle Capet.

The young man in blue striped frock coat and red vest, wears a long natural hair but still powdered. This work can be dated back to the 1795’s, painted shortly after the portrait  lent by our gallery at the Museum of Caen for its exhibition in 2014 (catalogue no. 13)


CONDITION: Very good original condition. 3 tiny lost of gouache on right border

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe. Musée des beaux arts de Caen 2014