Lot 27: Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin (French, 1759-1832)

JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (FRENCH, 1759-1832) Frédéric Duvernoy (1765-1838), famous horn soloist at the Paris Opéra, holding a cor solo, Paris horn, wearing the badge of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour and the médaille de la fdélité Signed and dated ‘Augustin / 1817.’ (lower left) On ivory Rectangular, 224 x 176 mm., gilt-metal frame with oak leaf motif

PROVENANCE: The artist’s own collection. Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin’s sale of the contents of his Studio, 20 December 1839, lot 104, purchased by Pauline Augustin (1781-1865). By descent to her niece Justine-Henriette Cornut de La Fontaine de Coincy (1810-1898), in 1865. Léon de Coincy (1838-1920), eldest son of the above and representative of the artist’s heirs. Acquired by John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1904) in 1906. John Pierpont Morgan Collection, New York; Christie’s, London, 25 June 1935, lot 731 (65 gns to Schidlof). With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Paris, 5 January 1936 (inv. nos. MD/0092 and 25).