Lot 80: LOUISE BARBAULT DE LA BROUE DE SAINT AVIT (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1825)

LOUISE BARBAULT DE LA BROUE DE SAINT AVIT (FRENCH, FL. C. 1790-1825)
A lady, in blue and brown striped dress with white lace trim, ochre shawl draped over her shoulders, lace cap tied under her chin, loose fair hair
signed 'Lυiυsυe de Labroue' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 2 15/16 in. (75 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Le Peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris, 2008, illustrated in colour p. 318.

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For further information about this artist, see B. Hofstetter, Die Welt der Bildnisminiatur. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Emil S. Kern, Bern, 2008, p. 163.