FRENCH SCHOOL 18th CENTURY, MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A DOGGY, LOUIS XVI PERIOD
TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
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FRAME : Two sides gilded metal pendant frame, 18th century .
PORTRAIT SIZE: 5,5cm
FRAME SIZE: 6cm
DESCRIPTION :
Rare miniature portrait of a small dog. represented in a panelled room, the animal is on its cushion decorated with rich passementeries, in front of its Louis XVI doghouse.
A touching souvenir of a small animal who must have been very loved and whose mistress asked to her miniaturist to portray it, in order to keep its memory.