FRENCH SCHOOL 18th CENTURY , THE CHILD AND THE PHILOSOPHERS, MINIATURE PORTRAIT AND MICRO-SCULPTURE, LOUIS XVI PERIOD

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

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FRAME : Original frame called "fake watch" in chiseled and gilded bronze

PORTRAIT SIZE: 3,5x3cm

FRAME SIZE: 6x4cm

DESCRIPTION :

Double-sided medallion says "fake watch". On one side, a  rare portrait of a little boy,  Louis XVI period, in a blue-rose sweater jacket .

On the other side, the portraits, in micro-sculpture of ivory, depicted seven great philosophers among whom one can recognize Voltaire (top left) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (top right).

This charming object of great rarity gives us the portrait of a child of high society and the models that we invited him to follow, gathered in a single medallion.


CONDITION: Very good original condition

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