Lot 153: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne (Gisors 1770 - Paris 1856)

Jean-Baptiste Duchesne, the artist's father, wearing brown overcoat with blue trim, over mauve jacket, his right hand tucked inside his coat
signed on obverse and dated Duchesne de Gisors 1798, square gilt-metal frame with moulded spandrels, acanthus leaf border and pierced cresting, set in fitted burgundy leather travelling case, the lid with gilt initials C. D.
Circular, 63mm. (2 1/2ins.) diam.

S.N.P.G., 2000-2003

By family descent

Jean-Baptiste Duchesne was a sculptor and became a member of the Academy of Saint Luc in 1679. He worked in Paris. It is interesting that the present lot depicts him hiding his hands, the tools of his reade
The initials C. D. on the outside of the case probably relate to Charles-Jean-Baptiste (d.1803), son of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph junior, who was also a miniaturist.