Lot 324: A young lady, seated on a red and blue stole, in black dress with fur collar and cuffs, gold jewellery in her dressed dark hair, her hands resting on top of each other; interior with drapery and column background

EDMÉ ROUSSEAU (FRENCH, 1815-1868)
A young lady, seated on a red and blue stole, in black dress with fur collar and cuffs, gold jewellery in her dressed dark hair, her hands resting on top of each other; interior with drapery and column background
signed and dated 'Edme Rousseau 1832 d'après Aubry' (mid-right)
oval, 5¼ in. (133 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount

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A version by Rousseau's master François Meuret is illustrated in M. Tomás, La miniatura retrato en España , Spain, 1953, pl. LXV.