MOUCHET François Nicolas (1749-1814), MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A LADY AT HER WRITTING TABLE, DATED 1780
Rare exemple of the very first period miniature of François MOUCHET, famous for the condemned's portraits he made in La Force jail in 1793-94. This Louis XVI miniature of a Lady at her writting table, a letter in her hand where we can read few words, is signed on right (on desk) F.M. 1780 (François Mouchet).TECHNIQUE:
watercolore on ivory
ARSTIST:
F.M.(François Mouchet)
SIGNED:
F.M. 1780
FRAME :
gilded circle metal mount
PORTRAIT SIZE:
6.5cm
FRAME SIZE:
7.5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
good, not cleaned, some muld
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