Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)
Antoine Vestier
Portrait of a gentleman
Lot Closed
December 9, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)
Antoine Vestier
Avallon 1740 - 1824 Paris
Portrait of a gentleman
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame with blue enamal border, the reverse inset with an ivory plaque painted with flowers, the initials MEM and the inscription qui vous [?]
the miniature signed and dated lower right: Vestier fecit 1775
4.1 by 3.4 cm., 1½ by 1¼ in.
David David-Weill (1871-1952), by 1936;
With Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London;
Sale, London, Replica Shoes 's, 10 November 1986, lot 86
With Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979), London;
Sale, London, Replica Shoes 's, 10 November 1986, lot 86
London, Garrard, An exhibition of important 18th century and early 19th century miniatures and enamels at Garrard, 1961, no. 205
L. Gillet, C. Jeannerat, H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris 1957, p. 317, no. 205;
J.-C. Sueur, Le portraitiste Antoine Vestier (1740-1824), Neuilly-sur-Seine 1974, pp. 16, 118, no. 24;
A.-M. Passez, Antoine Vestier 1740-1824, Paris 1989, p. 260, no. 156
J.-C. Sueur, Le portraitiste Antoine Vestier (1740-1824), Neuilly-sur-Seine 1974, pp. 16, 118, no. 24;
A.-M. Passez, Antoine Vestier 1740-1824, Paris 1989, p. 260, no. 156