SIEURAC François Joseph Juste (1781-1832), PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN ON A GOLD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL BOX , MINIATURE DATED 1818

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

ARSTIST: SIEURAC François Joseph Juste (1781-1832)

SIGNED: Sieurac Paris 1818

FRAME : Concave powder compact in mother-of-pearl mounted in gold (hallmarks to be identified). posterior red leather case

PORTRAIT SIZE: 6,4cm

FRAME SIZE: 7,5x2,5cm

DESCRIPTION :

Miniature portrait of an elegant young man in a blue jacket and white shirt, decorated of the Legion of Honnor.

Signed on left : Sieurac Paris 1818

François Sieurac was one of the best pupils of Augustin, in this portrait mixing solemnity and sweetness, borrowed from the master and very present

The miniature is preserved on the lid of its original Empire compact powder, in mother-of-pearl mounted in gold.


CONDITION: Very good original condition for the portrait. Small losses of mother-of-pearl on the edge of the cover

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