Live Auction 7800Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
CÉCILE VILLENEUVE, NÉE COLOMBET (FRENCH, 1824-1901)
Lot 101

CÉCILE VILLENEUVE, NÉE COLOMBET (FRENCH, 1824-1901)

Closed17 November 2009

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GBP 1,750

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CÉCILE VILLENEUVE, NÉE COLOMBET (FRENCH, 1824-1901)
Marie Augustine d'Harcourt, Countess of Castries (1813-1892), in black lace décolleté dress with white muslin-bordered neckline, Spanish lace shawl and veil adorning her dark hair
signed 'Cécile Villeneuve' (lower right) and inscribed and dated in full by the artist on the backing card 'd'Harcourt comtesse de Castries. Paris 1867'
on ivory
oval, 4 in. (102 mm.) high, reeded ormolu easel frame by Alphonse Giroux, Paris

Specialist note

Marie Augustine d'Harcourt married Armand Henri de La Croix, Comte de Castries (1807-1862), on 23 April 1833. The Countess's eldest daughter, Elizabeth (1834-1900), married Patrice de Mac-Mahon, 1st Duc de Magenta (1808-1893), in 1854. Patrice de Mac-Mahon was a celebrated General, Marshal of France, and Chief of State from 1873 to 1875. In 1875 he was elected the first president of the Third Republic, a position he held until 1879.