Lot 156: A young officer, in dark green coat with pale green collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Order of Spain

JOSEPH-MARIE BOUTON (FRANCO-SPANISH, 1768-1832)
A young officer, in dark green coat with pale green collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Order of Spain
signed 'Bouton' (mid right)
2¼ in. (57 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount

Troppau (Silesia), Kaiser Franz Josef-Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Ausstellung von Miniaturen , 1905, no. 162.
Berlin, Salons Friedmann & Weber, Miniaturen-Ausstellung , 1906, no. 893.
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, Das gemalte Kleinporträt , 1931, no. 67.
Darmstadt, Residenzschloss, Schlossmuseum, 1974-2007, inv. no. 21046.

Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi Collection, Vienna, 1905, 1906, 1931.
Collection of Architect Kurt Jahn (1903-1978), Darmstadt, inv. J.8.

PROPERTY FROM THE JAHN COLLECTION, DARMSTADT


The Royal Order of Spain was created by Joseph Bonaparte during his short reign in Spain. It was abolished in Spain in 1814 by King Ferdinand VII (see lot 166) and the wearing of the order was prohibited in France by King Louis XVIII from 9 July 1814.