NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE (1769-1821), MICRO-MINIATURE ON A GOLD PIVOT RING, CIRCA 1809
Empire gold ring (gold mark cock open beak, Paris 1809), containing a swivelling ring kitten. This one wears a first églomisé glass encircled of black and gold painting. The kitten opens and reveals then in full a micro- miniature portrait of the Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte in colonel's uniform of hunters, protected by a second glass.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
SIGNED:
FRAME :
Gold pivot ring
PORTRAIT SIZE:
1x0,8cm
FRAME SIZE:
diam. anneau : 2cm. Chaton : 1,3x1cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good original condition
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PRICE:
2200€