A French portrait miniature of Joachim Murat King of Naples
A French portrait miniature of Joachim Murat King of Naples
Gouache on ivory copy after a drawing by Jean Baptiste Isabey, depicting the king in his coronation robes with the collar of the Legion of Honour. Signed "Villain pinx. 1813." left edge. Minor chips to the edge of the ivory. Chip to the glass. Diameter 7 cm. Gilt copper frame.
Villain, 1813.
Certificate
Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0491-23).
Provenance
Sotheby's London auction "Fine Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Mr Edward Grosvenor Paine" on 22 June 1981, lot 6.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525. The miniature listed here with an identically described portrait after Isabey bears the signature "J.D. Villair 1813".
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A French portrait miniature of Joachim Murat King of Naples
Gouache on ivory copy after a drawing by Jean Baptiste Isabey, depicting the king in his coronation robes with the collar of the Legion of Honour. Signed "Villain pinx. 1813." left edge. Minor chips to the edge of the ivory. Chip to the glass. Diameter 7 cm. Gilt copper frame.
Villain, 1813.
Certificate
Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0491-23).
Provenance
Sotheby's London auction "Fine Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Mr Edward Grosvenor Paine" on 22 June 1981, lot 6.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525. The miniature listed here with an identically described portrait after Isabey bears the signature "J.D. Villair 1813".
