Lot 111: f - ANTHELME FRANCOIS LAGRENÉE 1774-1832

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

PORTRAIT OF A PORTUGUESE NOBLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT TO BE GRAND DUKE MIKHAIL PAVLOVICH, 1789-1849

measurements note
12.5 by 10 cm., 5 by 4 in.

half-length, wearing military uniform with fur collar, the badge and the star of the Order of Christ, the insignia of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France, the French decoration of the Lis and the badge of the Order of Malta

signed l.r.: L..renée; and inscribed in a later hand verso: Le grand duc Michel/ frere de ***/ Par Lagrenée/ 70F

watercolour on paper heightened with bodycolour gum arabic, oval, gilt-metal mount, in a square black wood frame (cracked)
with a pencil and watercolour sketch of a lady verso

NOTE

This portrait miniature was formally considered to be the Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich (1798-1849) who was the younger son of Russian Emperor Paul I, (whose elder sons Alexander and Nicholas became Russian Emperors). However the uniform and decorations indicate that the sitter is more likely to be a Portuguese nobleman.