SICARDY Louis Marie (1743-1825), IN A NIGNT NÉGLIGÉE, MINIATURE PORTRAIT, 1784

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: SICARDY Louis Marie (1743-1825)

SIGNED: Sicardÿ 1784

FRAME : Gold and strass frame

PORTRAIT SIZE: 5x4,5cm

FRAME SIZE: 6x5cm

DESCRIPTION :

The intimacy of the miniature portrait.

Magnificent example in this work by Sicardy, showing a young woman in her undress and headdress at night, suggesting the tip of a breast.

Sicardy excels here in a subtle shades of grey and white, all in shades and transparency.

Portrait by Louis Marie Sicardÿ, signed and dated 1784 on lower left


CONDITION: Perect original condition

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