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PIERRE-LOUIS BOUVIER (SWISS, 1765-1836)
A pair of miniatures: a young gentleman, seated on an upholstered chair, in blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled white cravat, his left arm resting on a hardstone table, and a young lady, seated on a giltwood chair draped with a red cashmere shawl, in white Empire dress, her right arm resting on the back of the chair; both with wood-panelled interior
Signed and dated 'Bouvier 1806' (mid-left and mid-right, respectively)
On ivory
87 mm. diam., gilt-metal mount within ormolu frames
A pair of miniatures: a young gentleman, seated on an upholstered chair, in blue coat, white waistcoat, frilled white cravat, his left arm resting on a hardstone table, and a young lady, seated on a giltwood chair draped with a red cashmere shawl, in white Empire dress, her right arm resting on the back of the chair; both with wood-panelled interior
Signed and dated 'Bouvier 1806' (mid-left and mid-right, respectively)
On ivory
87 mm. diam., gilt-metal mount within ormolu frames
Provenance
The Collection of Dr Victor Zuckerkandl (1851-1927) and his wife Paula née Freund (d. 1927), Berlin.
The sale of their estate, auction house C. J. Wawra, Vienna, 7-8 May 1928, lots 66 and 67 (unsold and subsequently transferred to Dr Fritz Zuckerkandl, heir and nephew of the previous).
Dr Fritz Zuckerkandl (1895-1983), Vienna; Dorotheum, Vienna, 10-12 October 1929, lot 62 (1,800 Austrian Schilling).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1990, lot 34.
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 November 2004, lot 558 (sold with the property title 'Property from an elegant Tuscan villa of a distinguished German fashion designer', and provenance listed as follows: 'The former Mühsam collection, Berlin. Thence to the present owner').
The sale of their estate, auction house C. J. Wawra, Vienna, 7-8 May 1928, lots 66 and 67 (unsold and subsequently transferred to Dr Fritz Zuckerkandl, heir and nephew of the previous).
Dr Fritz Zuckerkandl (1895-1983), Vienna; Dorotheum, Vienna, 10-12 October 1929, lot 62 (1,800 Austrian Schilling).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1990, lot 34.
Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 November 2004, lot 558 (sold with the property title 'Property from an elegant Tuscan villa of a distinguished German fashion designer', and provenance listed as follows: 'The former Mühsam collection, Berlin. Thence to the present owner').
Literature
E. Lemberger, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Deutschland von 1550 bis 1850, Munich, 1909, pp. 362-363, nos. 312 and 313, illustrated pl. LXIII.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 105 (described as 'typical').
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, p. 1370, no. 66 and 67.
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 105 (described as 'typical').
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, p. 1370, no. 66 and 67.
Exhibited
Breslau (Wroclaw), Centenary Hall, Historische Ausstellung-Jahrhundertfeier der Freiheitskriege, 1913, hand-catalogue p. 447, room 50, noS. 17 and 18 (lent by Frau Generaldirektor Paula Zuckerkandl, Gleiwitz).
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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