Lot 136: A young lady, playing a pianoforte, seated in a gilt-wood red upholstered chair, in lace-bordered white silk underdress and blue silk dress, white-bordered fichu scarf draped around her shoulders and knotted at her back, musical score before her

GEORGES-ANTOINE KEMAN (FRENCH, 1765-1830) A young lady, playing a pianoforte, seated in a gilt-wood red upholstered chair, in lace-bordered white silk underdress and blue silk dress, white-bordered fichu scarf draped around her shoulders and knotted at her back, musical score before her and carved bust of a gentleman on a plinth; interior pillar background 3 3/8 in. (81 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount

Keman was a busy traveller; he is recorded from 1784 to 1789 in Paris, 1789 in Schlettstadt, 1790 in Strasbourg, 1790-1792 in Paris, from 1792 in London and 1796 in Bristol. The present miniature probably dates from his years in France. Miniatures by Keman are rare. A signed pair is illustrated in colour in K. Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturporträts, Pforzheim, 1995, p. 213.