THIERAT Mélitine, PRESUME PORTRAIT OF THE ACTRESS Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL, MINIATURE DATED 1894

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache, protected under a convex glass

ARSTIST: Thiérat Mélitine

SIGNED: M. Thiérat 1894

FRAME : Original chevalet ormolu frame.

PORTRAIT SIZE: 11,5x9cm

FRAME SIZE: 17x13cm

DESCRIPTION :

Fine portrait of a young woman in profile, dressed in a red toga, dishevelled hair, retained by a headband  painted in  gold.

Signed and dated below on the right : M. Thièrat 1894.

Dated the same year, the Louvre muséum possesses the self-portrait of the artist, given by the museum of Modern Art in 1977.

This miniature could be a portrait of  Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940), in comparaison with  the picture of the actress, in Juliette's role in 1895.


CONDITION: Perfect original condition. Tiny lost on frame

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Blattel, Schidlof, Louvre page 609.

PRICE: 1400€