Live Auction 18366The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes
A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
Lot 149

A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE GLASS PAINTING

LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER THE PAINTING 'LE MOUTON FAVORI' BY CHARLES EISEN

Closed15 July 2020

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GBP 5,625

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A CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE GLASS PAINTING
LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER THE PAINTING 'LE MOUTON FAVORI' BY CHARLES EISEN
Depicting a courting couple in a pastoral landscape with lamb, dog and castle beyond, in a later fluted and moulded giltwood frame, the reverse with framer's label
23 ¼ in. (59 cm.); 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) framed
17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) wide

Specialist note

This reverse glass painting is after an engraving by René Gaillard, after a painting (now considered lost) 'Le Mouton Favori' by the French genre painter Charles Dominique Eisen (1720-1778).