Attributed to Amy (Geneva 1657-1724) and Jean-Pierre Huault (Geneva 1655-1723)
Lot 310

Attributed to Amy (Geneva 1657-1724) and Jean-Pierre Huault (Geneva 1655-1723)

Portrait of a young man, possibly Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676-1732)

Closed30 January 2009

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Attributed to Amy (Geneva 1657-1724) and Jean-Pierre Huault (Geneva 1655-1723)
Portrait of a young man, possibly Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676-1732)
with signature and inscription 'Les/Freres/Huaut/Fec' and 'Frederic/Second 2ieme/Electeur 1697' with further inscription 'Friderices' on the copper backing
bodycolor on paper laid down on copper
6 3/8 x 4 5/8 in (160 x 118 mm.); and Dutch School, 18th Century, after Otto van Veen, Figures at a banquet; and Dutch School, 19th Century, Figures rowing a boat on a stormy sea; and French School, Studies of a female figure (recto), Baudelaire's 'Les Pharos' from Les fleurs du mal, inscribed on the verso. (4)

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The Huault brothers were miniaturists who worked at the court of Berlin.