A French portrait miniature of Marquise Jeanne d'Harcourt with lace stole
A French portrait miniature of Marquise Jeanne d'Harcourt with lace stole
Gouache on ivory portrait in a black lace stole. Signed "Cécile Villeneuve" right. Inscirbed and dated by the artist "Jeanne Paule de St Aulaire Marquise d'Harcourt Paris 1865" on the backing card. 10.4 x 8.5 cm. Original brass frame, stamped "Alph. Giroux à Paris".
Cécile Villeneuve, Paris, 1865.
The Parisian writer Jeanne Paule Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (1817 - 1893) married the French diplomat George Marquis d'Harcourt d'Olonde in 1841. One of her best-known works is the biography "La Vie de Jeanne d'Arc", which she published in 1846.
Certificate
Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0498-23).
Provenance
Christie's Geneva auction on 18 May 1994, lot 452.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 851 f.
Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525 f.
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A French portrait miniature of Marquise Jeanne d'Harcourt with lace stole
Gouache on ivory portrait in a black lace stole. Signed "Cécile Villeneuve" right. Inscirbed and dated by the artist "Jeanne Paule de St Aulaire Marquise d'Harcourt Paris 1865" on the backing card. 10.4 x 8.5 cm. Original brass frame, stamped "Alph. Giroux à Paris".
Cécile Villeneuve, Paris, 1865.
The Parisian writer Jeanne Paule Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (1817 - 1893) married the French diplomat George Marquis d'Harcourt d'Olonde in 1841. One of her best-known works is the biography "La Vie de Jeanne d'Arc", which she published in 1846.
Certificate
Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-0498-23).
Provenance
Christie's Geneva auction on 18 May 1994, lot 452.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 851 f.
Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525 f.
