Adèle Cécile Désirée Villeneuve Lot n° 923

Portrait of the Marquise Jeanne d'Harcourt Gouache on ivory. Half-length portrait, a black lace stole around her shoulders. Signed "Cécile Villeneuve" on the right. Inscribed and dated "Jeanne Paule de St Aulaire Marquise d'Harcourt Paris 1865" by the artist on the inner backing card. 10.4 x 8.5 cm. Original brass table frame, stamped "Alph. Giroux à Paris". Cécile Villeneuve, Paris, 1865. The Parisian writer Jeanne Paule Beaupoil de Saint-Aulaire (1817 - 1893) was married to the French diplomat George Marquis d'Harcourt d'Olonde from 1841. One of her best-known works is the biography "La Vie de Jeanne d'Arc", which she published in 1846. Expert opinion Marketing authorization for ivory is available (DE-S-0498-23). Provenance Christie's Geneva auction on May 18, 1994, lot 452. Rhenish private collection. Literature On the artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, Vol. II, p. 851 f. Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525 f. This object was made using materials for which a CITES permit is required for export to countries outside the EU. We would like to point out that a permit is not usually issued.