Brown tortoiseshell oval box mounted with a gold hinge, the lid inlaid with an oval miniature portrait painted on ivory, signed and dated on the right "Mlle Hue Debréval / 1817", representing a woman in full face, in a red dress wearing a coral comb in her hair, on a cloudy sky background Slight wear. The mount in gold of 3rd title (750 thousandths), Paris, 1809-1819.
Goldsmith : François Nicolas Duprez.
H : 2,5 - W : 8,5 - D : 6,5 cm
Gross weight : 67,1 g
History :
Pupil in particular of J.-B.-J. Augustin, Miss Hue de Bréval exhibited at the Salon from 1810 to 1822, which shows that her talent was very appreciated, in particular by a clientele of officers.
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