DUPONT Jean François Victor (1785-1863), EMPIRE MINIATURE PORTRAIT DATED 1812, PROV. Leo SCHIDLOF, Vienna 1924
Miniature, Empire period, signed and dated to the left : J.F. Dupont fecit 1812TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache , protected under a convex glass
ARSTIST:
DUPONT Jean François Victor (1785-1863)
SIGNED:
J.F. Dupont fecit 1812
FRAME :
Two sides gilded metal pendant frame, gold letters and hair work on reverse .
PORTRAIT SIZE:
5,4x4,4cm
FRAME SIZE:
6x5cm
DESCRIPTION :
Jean François Victor Dupont was a Swiss painter, on enamel and porcelain, but he also painted more rarely on ivory.
This miniature is described by Léo Schidlof in his dictionary, from the Warneck sale he organized in 1924 (lot 50).
CONDITION:
Very good original condition
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Blattel, Schidlof page 235, Vente Warneck 1924 page 13