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Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)

Pierre Rouvier

Portrait of a gentleman

Lot Closed

December 9, 05:03 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)

Pierre Rouvier

Aix after 1742 - after 1815

Portrait of a gentleman



watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, set in the lid of a gold mounted, dark tortoiseshell box;

signed and dated lower left: Rouvier / 1788

4.3 by 3.4 cm., 1¾ by 1⅜ in.

Alphonse Kann, Paris, 1906;
David David-Weill (1871-1952), by 1936;
With Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (1905-1979);
Sale, London, Replica Shoes 's, 10 November 1986, lot 67
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Oeuvres d'art du XVIIIe siecle, 1906, no. 415;
London, Garrard, An exhibition of important 18th century & early 19th century miniatures and enamels at Garrard, 1961, no. 177
L. Gillet, C. Jeannerat, H. Clouzot, Miniatures and Enamels from the D. David-Weill Collection, Paris 1957, p. 278, no. 177;
L.R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 720;
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880,Darmstadt 2001, pp. 423-424, no. 304;
N. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris 2008, p. 449