SENE Louis (1747-1804), PRISONNIER POUR LA PATRIE , MINIATURE PORTRAIT CIRCA 1792
Rare testimony of the Revolutionary jails, this moving miniature by Louis Sené offers us the portrait of a man carving on the walls of his dungeon: "Prisonier pour la Patrie"TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
SENE Louis (1747-1804)
SIGNED:
FRAME :
Gilded circle metal mount in black wood frame
PORTRAIT SIZE:
7 cm
FRAME SIZE:
11,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
The Pohl-Ströher collection contained a miniature of the same composition (sale Sothebys December 6, 2018, lot 120), signed Marianna Waldstein but no doubt copied after an original by Louis Séné, thesis confirmed by the discovery of this portrait of a prisoner
CONDITION:
Good condition. cleaned by Dr. Bernd Pappe
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thième et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe.