ETIENNE CHARLES LE GUAY (1762-1846) Manufacture... Lot 127

ETIENNE CHARLES LE GUAY (1762-1846) Manufacture of DIHL AND GUERHARD Superb neck medallion decorated with two medallions in painted cookie of the manufacture of Dihl and Guérhard signed in lower left. On one side "Michel Regnaud of Saint-Jean d'Angély in blue frock coat, yellow vest in bust On the other side " A bouquet of thoughts " With a small note of attribution of the subject, in pen, in the lower part. Diameter 9,5 cm. B.E. Consulate period. Provenance: Descendants of Michel Regnaud de St Jean d'Angély Related work : -A copy in private collection, unfinished version of our representation. -A copy sale Deauville of 28 and 29 August 1969, lot 16, with erroneous attribution to "Mr de Dihl". Biography: Étienne Charles Le Guay is the son of Étienne Henri Leguay, painter on porcelain. He studied drawing at the Sèvres factory and then continued at the Royal Academy with Joseph-Marie Vien. Married three times, notably to Marie-Victoire Jaquotot who was first his pupil and eventually became a very famous miniaturist herself. The couple is witness to the marriage of Christophe Dihl with Mrs. widow Guérhard, at this time, Étienne-Charles has already worked successfully for several years for the porcelain factory Dihl and Guérhard.