DULIEU DE CHENEVOUX Louis-Marie (1752-1795), PORTRAIT OF Suzanne Victoire FARROUILH, COMTESSE DE LAMBERTYE, 1790
Beautiful portrait of Suzanne Victoire FARROUILH, countess de LAMBERTYE. Suzanne Victoire Farrouilh, daughter of a shipowner of Bordeaux, married, on October 13th,1778, to Joseph Emmanuel Auguste François count de Lambertye (1748-1819). The count and the countess of Lambertye had to emigrate in 1790 and left for Maastricht. It is there that the countess died there in 1793. For more information on the biography of the couple and their descendants ( families de Curzon, de Guilhermy, de Constant...), see : http://gw.geneanet.org/jparentdecurzon?n=de+lambertye&oc=&p=joseph+emmanuel+francois+auguste This miniature is one of rare works painted on ivory by Louis-Marie Dulieu de Chenevoux (1752-1795), more known for his enamels. The work is monogrammed D.C. twice (below on the left and in the center to the right). We can date this miniature before 1790, date of the departure in emigration of the countess. The partition which she holds in hand, entitled "Sylvain" is an opera by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813), created in 1770 and which had a lot of success until the end of XVIIIth century...TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
DULIEU DE CHENEVOUX Louis-Marie
SIGNED:
DC
FRAME :
Speckled tortoiseshell tabatière, encircled may be with gold (?) no punches.
PORTRAIT SIZE:
7cm
FRAME SIZE:
8X3vm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good original condition for the miniature. Lost on tortoiseshell lid (see last picture)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard