VILLERS Maximilien, MINIATURE PORTRAIT, A LA RECONOISANCE, CIRCA 1785

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache , under glass.

ARSTIST: Villers Maximilien

SIGNED:

FRAME : Green velvet and gilded metal frame.

PORTRAIT SIZE: 7.5cm

FRAME SIZE: 12.5x11cm

DESCRIPTION :

Importante miniature by Maximilien Villers, circa 1785.

In a garden, a young Lady dress as a vestal, combed by a white veil, instigates embers of a bronze perfume burner, close to an altar carrying the marble bust of a man. On the column is engraved the sentence (in the spelling of time and the consonants doubled by a bar overhanging them): " A la reconoisance" (to the gratitude).


CONDITION: Perfect original condition for the miniature.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe.

PRICE: 2300€