Live Auction 5688Old Master & Early British Drawings and Watercolours
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Ponce Lambert (active in France, 19th Century)
Lot 80

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Ponce Lambert (active in France, 19th Century)

Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a brown coat, black-and-blue striped waistcoat and white stock

Closed3 July 2012

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GBP 2,500

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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Ponce Lambert (active in France, 19th Century)
Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a brown coat, black-and-blue striped waistcoat and white stock
signed and dated 'Lambert 1831'
pastel
22 7/8 x 16¾ in. (58 x 42.5 cm.)

Specialist note

Little is known about Jean-Baptiste-Ponce Lambert, a pupil of Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Augustin, who exhibited miniatures and enamels at the Salons between 1801 and 1812. He is not known to have been a pastellist but engravings after his earlier portraits in oil, such as that of his Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Guittard (Museé de Versailles), show a very similar sense of physiognomy.

We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for suggesting the attribution and for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.