Miniature Oil Portraits and Trinket Boxes Featuring Notable French Figures
Item Details
After François Boucher (French, 1703 – 1770), after François Hubert Drouais (French, 1727 – 1775), artists unknown
Madame du Pompadour, Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry, Le Roi de Rome (Napoleon II), Untitled (late 18th century style English noblewoman)
One oil painting on resin, one oil painting on copper, one oil painting mounted in metal trinket box, and one chromolithograph mounted in metal trinket box
Signed illegibly to the right of Jeanne Bécu
Inscribed “M. Boucher” to right of Madame du Pompadour
Presented in base metal frames and boxes, one with acrylic faux pearls
Condition
- cracks and minor chips to resin of Le Roi de Rome; some discoloration and tarnish to metal particularly to circular box; oval box has been relined; minor abrasions throughout.
Dimensions
- measures circular box.
Item #
ITMG106745
