ANDRE LÉON LARUE, CALLED MANSION (FRENCH, 1785 - AFTER 1837)
A young lady called Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), in white dress, striped shawl around her shoulders, drop-pearl earring, three strings of pearls around her head beneath a wreath of yellow roses; curtain background
signed 'Mansion' (lower mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 5 in. (128 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal frame with foliate spandrels
ANDRE LÉON LARUE, CALLED MANSION (FRENCH, 1785 - AFTER 1837)
A young lady called Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), in white dress, striped shawl around her shoulders, drop-pearl earring, three strings of pearls around her head beneath a wreath of yellow roses; curtain background
signed 'Mansion' (lower mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 5 in. (128 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal frame with foliate spandrels