Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)
Jacques Louis Comte
Portrait of a gentleman
Lot Closed
December 9, 06:25 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)
Jacques Louis Comte
Payerne, circa 1781 - after 1843
Portrait of a gentleman
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount, black wood frame, with applied gilt-metal decorations;
signed and dated upper right: Comte 1823
10 by 8.3 cm., 4 by 3¼ in.
Maxim Hebert Collection, Paris;
Ernst Holzcheiter, Meilen (d. 1962),
Sale, London, Replica Shoes 's, 28 March 1977, lot 145;
Sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 14 November 1985, lot 274
Ernst Holzcheiter, Meilen (d. 1962),
Sale, London, Replica Shoes 's, 28 March 1977, lot 145;
Sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 14 November 1985, lot 274
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Chefs-d'oeurve de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 90
E. Holzscheiter, Zu Meiner Miniaturensammlung, Meilen 1961, pl. 9
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt 2001, p. 402, no. 84
M. Friesen, Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt 2001, p. 402, no. 84