Lot 25: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (French, 1759-1832)

JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832) Suzanne Fleuriot (1775-1822), née du Garzpern, Comtesse de Langle, in white dress, holding a bouquet of roses in her left hand Signed and dated ‘Augustin / à Paris / 1816.’ (mid-left) Inscribed on the reverse ‘portrait. 1080 L – Cristal 50 – Cadre, 40 – étui en maroquinerie, 10 – total, 1180’ On ivory Oval, 77 mm. high, rectangular gilt-metal frame, within a red Morocco case and its original receipt inscribed ‘note pour Monsieur le Marquis de Langle J’ai reçu le montant cy-dessus (1.180 fr) - Augustin’

PROVENANCE: Madame de B….; Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 22 June 1938, lot 74. With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Paris, 1 September 1938 (inv. nos. MD/0176 and 29).