THOURON Jacques (1740-1789), TRIBUTE TO Jean-Baptiste GREUZE, ENAMEL PANHARD COLLECTION

TECHNIQUE: enamel

ARSTIST: THOURON Jacques

SIGNED:

FRAME : Original gilded silver and enamel reverbere frame, in it's Panhard collection's case with the name of the artist.

PORTRAIT SIZE: 6,5x6cm

FRAME SIZE: 8,5x7,8cm

DESCRIPTION :

This very impressive enamel was made, doubtless, according to an original painting in large, today disappeared,  from Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

We had another version of this portrait, circular, painted in watercolor by Pierre Louis Bouvier, dated on 1793.

Proof of  the  important impacts  of this painting by Greuze on his contemporaries !


CONDITION: Miniature : very good original conditions, no restoration. Case : lost in silk inside (see pictures)

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Blattel, Schidolf, Molinier, Foster, L. Bouchard,Thieme et Becker, Bouchot, Lemberger, Tansey, Louvre.

PRICE: 6000€