Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
FRANÇOIS DUMONT (FRENCH, 1751-1831)
Lot 430

FRANÇOIS DUMONT (FRENCH, 1751-1831)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 12,500

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FRANÇOIS DUMONT (FRENCH, 1751-1831)
Madame Sauveige, seated in a landscape, her arms around a young girl in her lap: Madame Sauveige in lace-bordered white dress and lace bonnet in her curling hair; the young girl in white dress with white ribbon in her short dark hair; foliate background with a lake and buildings beyond
signed 'Dumont' (mid-left)
on ivory
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) diam., gilt-metal frame

Christie's, London, 28 May 2002, lot 29.

Specialist note

The artist's fee book indicates that the present miniature was one of the most expensive by the artist, costing 35 louis d'or. Queen Marie-Antoinette was charged 10 louis d'or for the miniature of the Dauphin on 10 January 1790. The high price can most likely be explained by the complex composition of the double-portrait, the depiction of the sitters' hands and the elaborate background.