CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LAMPI (ITALIAN, 1751-1830)
Lot 234 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LAMPI (ITALIAN, 1751-1830)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 5,000

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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LAMPI (ITALIAN, 1751-1830)
Two miniatures: Giovanni Battista de Lampi (1751-1830), in blue coat, white lace cravat, powdered wig (bearing initials 'JB' (lower right); together with Stanislas II Augustus Poniatowski (1732-1798), King of Poland, in fur-bordered red robes, white lace cravat, wearing the blue moiré sash of the Royal Polish Order of the White Eagle, and the jewels of other orders (Continental School, 19th Century, bearing initials 'A.J.' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 1 7/8 in. (47 mm.) high; 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) diam., respectively, gilt-metal frames (2)

Specialist note

The miniature of Giovanni Battista de Lampi is after a self-portait, formerly in the collection of John Pierpont Morgan (see G. C. Williamson, 'Portrait Miniatures', The Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1910, p. 31, illustrated in colour pl. LIII).