GUERIN Jean-Urbain (1761-1836), MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF Miss CHABOT DE PECHEBRUN, CIRCA 1790
Large miniature of the 1790s, signed to the right by Jean-Urbain Guérin : J. Guerin F. The portrait shows a smiling young woman, wearing long red curly hair, whose some locks are kept in the lapel of the large gold pendant. The portrait is characteristic of the artist's work at that time. The young women wear fine dresses of gauze and long hair "au naturel". Represented by profile as the duchess of Devonshire and Elisabeth Foster ( Wallace Collection), or in front but always keeping this influence of pompeii frescoes, as the portrait of the Louvre (inv. RF 30715) or that of the Pauline d' Arenberg (Tansey Foundation ref 10269). Then Guérin will slide little by little towards head-and-shoulders portraits, less ethereal and more realistic, as this one, joining his production of the 1790s in 1795. The miniature keeps on the reverse a note about the identity of the young woman: "of the family Chabot de Peuchebrun (Pechebrun), Poitou".TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
GUERIN Jean-Urbain (1761-1836)
SIGNED:
J. Guerin F.(ecit)
FRAME :
Original gold two sides frame, hair under glass on reverse.
PORTRAIT SIZE:
8x7cm
FRAME SIZE:
9x7,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good original condition. Cleaned by Dr. Bernd Pappe.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard