Live Auction 7850Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
AFTER FRANÇOIS DUMONT
Lot 88

AFTER FRANÇOIS DUMONT

Closed10 June 2010

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GBP 750

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AFTER FRANÇOIS DUMONT
A young lady, in aquamarine dress, brown striped skirt, frilled collar, brown and blue striped bands on sleeves, belt set with oval plaque, curled hair dressed with blue ribbon
on ivory
2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame

Bonhams, London, 21 November 1995, lot 62 (as 'French School, circa 1790').
Bruton Knowles, Gloucestershire, 8 December 1994, lot 69.

Specialist note

The original portrait by François Dumont (1751-1831) is in the Louvre, as well as another copy by an unknown artist. For further information, see P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire, Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, the Dumont illustrated p. 116, no. 183, the copy p. 359, no. 695, illustrated p. 358.