SAUVAGE Piat-Joseph (1744-1818), PAIRE OF MINIATURES ON TWO SIDES BOX, CIRCA 1795

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: SAUVAGE Piat-Joseph (1744-1818)

SIGNED: Sauvage

FRAME : Original two sides tortoiseshell box

PORTRAIT SIZE: 6,5cm

FRAME SIZE: 8x2cm

DESCRIPTION :

Rare two-sides snuff box,  by Piat Joseph Sauvage, French Revolutionary period, showing a couple of profile, dressed and combed in antique style, on the top and bottom of the box.

Both miniatures are painted in "grisaille" and signed : Sauvage


CONDITION: Very good original condition

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard