VINCENT DE MONTPETIT Armand (1713-1800), PORTRAIT OF THE ACTOR LEKAIN, MINIATURE ELUDORIQUE SIGNED AND DATED 1767
Exceptional miniature signed by Amand Vincent de Montpetit, giving us an unpublished portrait of the famous actor Henry-Louis Caïn, said Lekain, in 1767. The miniature is painted in "éludorique" maner, or still, in oil fixed under glass. Vinvent de Montpetit was the inventor of this method. The work, rare thing, is signed and dated in the lapel : De montpetit 1767. After Simon - Bernard Lenoir's pastel of the same year of 1767 (Musée du Louvre), and a painting attributed to Van Loo (see our last two photos), Vincent de Montpetit gives here his portrait of the famous actor. Represented in costume in the role of Orosmane, character of the tragedy of Voltaire : Zaire, in which Lekain triumphed in Versailles. It is this role which allowed him to be received by Louis XV among his comedians. To read more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LekainTECHNIQUE:
Miniature éludorique said fixé-sous-verre
ARSTIST:
VINCENT DE MONTPETIT Armand (1713-1800)
SIGNED:
Demontpetit 1767
FRAME :
Original gold bracelet clasp , punched (inside and outside), transformed into brooch later.
PORTRAIT SIZE:
3,3x2,8cm
FRAME SIZE:
4,4x3,4cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good original condition. A tiny line en glass, little stains on right border
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof, Darmon, Foster, Thème et Becker, Lemoine Bouchard
PRICE:
2800€