KARPFF Jean-Jacques SAID CASIMIR (1770-1829), PORTRAIT OF Mr Jean-Philippe BRONNER, MINIATURE CIRCA 1820.
Miniature by KARPFF Jean-Jacques, says CASIMIR, signed lower right: Cr. F. (For Casimir Fecit) . We knows the identity of the young man represented of profile with another version of this miniature, also oval, in the E.P.S. collection, identified on reverse as M. Jean-Philippe Bronner's portrait. Two other versions circular but on paper, were sold to Christie New York in 1998 and Christie London in 2007. One of them is now in the collections of the museum Unterlinden of Colmar, reproduced page 117 of the catalog of the exhibition.TECHNIQUE:
Ink and gouache, protected under a convex glass.
ARSTIST:
KARPFF Jean-Jacques dit CASIMIR
SIGNED:
Cr. f. (pour Casimir fecit)
FRAME :
Original gilded metal and precious wood frame
PORTRAIT SIZE:
7x5,8cm
FRAME SIZE:
13x11,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Perfect original condition. Cleaned by Dr. Bernd Pappe.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Jean-jacques KARPFF visez au sublime (catalogue of the exhibition). Blattel, Schidlof, Lemoine-Bouchard