Louis XVIII King of France and Navarre wearing blue double-breasted coat with gold epaulettes, breast star of the Order of Saint-Esprit - Miniature, aquarelle, sur ivoire signée
Provenance:
Probably Magdeleine Ducruet (wife of the artist);
Probably her nephew Léon Cornut de la Fountaine de Coincy;
The Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan;
His Sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1935, lot 753;
The Collection of the Hon. Lady Shelley-Rolls;
Her Sale, Christie's, London, 13 February 1962, lot 85;
Christie's, London, 22 October 1974, lot 40
lot N° 96
17.6 cm x 13.4 cm
Initial. «L»
Notes :Paris, Galerie Marigny, 1985, No.85
Mouillefarine 12621
Later ormolu frame with outer beaded border and pierced ribbon and tie surmount
Littérature L. Mouillefarine, "La peinture en miniature", Figaro Madame, no. 12621, 30 March 1985, illustrated in colour p. 22.
