ROCHARD François-Théodore (1798-1858), PORTRAIT A LADY, MINIATURE DATED 1840

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under glass

ARSTIST: ROCHARD François-Théodore

SIGNED: F. Rochard 1840

FRAME : Ormulu frame and silk

PORTRAIT SIZE: 14,5x11cm

FRAME SIZE: 25x17cm

DESCRIPTION :

François-Théodore Rochard, with his brother Simon-Jacques Rochard, although born in France, made all his career in England. He had the aristocracy for clientele. He exposed regularly to the Royal Academy.

Our miniature, of a very large sizes and all in one piece, is signed and dated in the upper left with scraper : F. Rochard 1840. The composition will be similar  of the famous portrait of Queen Victoria painted by Frantz Xaver Winterhalter in 1842.


CONDITION: Very good condition. A begining of crack and a lost on lower right restaured by Dr. Bernd Pappe.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Blattel, Schidolf, Bernd Pappe, Foster, L. Bouchard, Bouchot, Lemberger, Tansey, Louvre.