Lot 43: FRANÇOIS FERRIERE | Portrait d'un jeune garcon, vers 1805

Aquarelle et gouache sur ivoire dans un cadre en or

71 x 60 mm

Aquarelle et gouache sur ivoire dans un cadre en or

This miniature is well preserved. Some of the delicate pigments used in the face may have softened slightly.
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Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Londres 20 janvier 1969, lot 76;
acquis par Woollett;
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Cox;
sa vente, Christie's, Londres, 15 juin 1976, lot 86