BENZI-BASTERIS Vincenza, VARIANT OF THE MINIATURE OF COGNACQ-JAY MUSEUM , CIRCA 1785
Miniature circa 1785s by Vincenza Benzi-Basteris, offering another version of the miniature of collections of the museum Cognacq-Jay (Paris), but with different colors (doubtless a request of sitter of time). Here the young Lady is presented with a green dress and a wide mauve hat, the dress is mauve and the hat blue in the other version. Vincenza Benzi-Basteris was native of Turin, she came to work in Paris by 1780 and exhibited to the Salon of 1782. The Louvre Museum possesses a miniature showing Queen Marie-Antoinette, signed and dated on 1784. Her style was very close to her fellow countryman Pio Ignazo Campana, who worked at that time for the court of Versailles. Their works are now often confused. By 1800, having doubtless avoided the French Revolution, we find Vincenza Benzi-Basteris as painter in miniature of the court of Piedmont.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
BENZI-BASTERIS Vincenza
SIGNED:
FRAME :
aerlier ormulu frame, 19th century
PORTRAIT SIZE:
6,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
8x9,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good condition.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Catalogue des collections du musée Cognacq-Jay, les miniatures, pages 36 and 37