Live Auction 1187A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot
J. F. LEBELLE (FRENCH, FL. 1800-1820)
Lot 217

J. F. LEBELLE (FRENCH, FL. 1800-1820)

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 2,375

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J. F. LEBELLE (FRENCH, FL. 1800-1820)
A riot in Paris at the corner of rue Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois and rue Saint-Denis
inscribed in ink on the reverse, 'La porte de paris / soir le 5 novembre 1774 / Par van Blarenberghe
fixé-sous-verre
2¾ in. (71 mm.) diam., later gilt-metal frame surmounted by bow cresting with outer beaded border, backed by trade card, 'ALEXANDRINE / modes / articles / de / Cour / paris / 14, Rue d'Antin'

Christie's, London, 17 October 1995, lot 53.

Specialist note

Six other fixé-sous-verre miniatures by this talented artist who specialised in views of Paris are illustrated in C. Jeannerat and H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris, 1957, pp. 287-289, nos. 181-186.