VILLERS Maximilien, MINIATURE PORTRAIT, A LA RECONOISANCE, CIRCA 1785
Importante miniature by Maximilien Villers, circa 1785. In a garden, a young Lady dress as a vestal, combed by a white veil, instigates embers of a bronze perfume burner, close to an altar carrying the marble bust of a man. On the column is engraved the sentence (in the spelling of time and the consonants doubled by a bar overhanging them): " A la reconoisance" (to the gratitude).TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache , under glass.
ARSTIST:
Villers Maximilien
SIGNED:
FRAME :
Green velvet and gilded metal frame.
PORTRAIT SIZE:
7.5cm
FRAME SIZE:
12.5x11cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Perfect original condition for the miniature.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bénézit, Lespinasse, Blattel, Schidlof Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe.
PRICE:
2300€