Lot 21: WINCENTY DE LESSEUR-LESSEROWICZ (POLISH, 1745/46-1813)

WINCENTY DE LESSEUR-LESSEROWICZ (POLISH, 1745/46-1813)
A girl, in white open-neck dress, orange shawl draped over her shoulders, white bandeau in her curling hair; foliate background
on ivory
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount

London, Garrard, An Exhibition of important 18th Century and early 19th Century Miniatures and Enamels at Garrard, 1961, no. 231.

C. Jeannerat and H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris, 1957, p. 342, no. 231, illustrated p. 343.

D. David-Weill (1871-1952) Collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine, no. 562.
with Wildenstein's.
Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979) Collection, London; (+) Sotheby's, London, 10 November 1986, lot 32.

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WINCENTY DE LESSEUR-LESSEROWICZ (POLISH, 1745/46-1813)
A girl, in white open-neck dress, orange shawl draped over her shoulders, white bandeau in her curling hair; foliate background
on ivory
oval, 2 7/16 in. (62 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount