BOURDIER son Active in 1789 Portrait of Marie-Antoinette... Lot 20

BOURDIER son Active in 1789 Portrait of Marie-Antoinette with a big black hat and a blue drape Miniature on ivory, oval shape Signed and dated 'Bourdier fils fecit 1789' at the bottom left An old label with the number '974' and one annotated 'Marie / Antoinette' on the reverse (Crack in the upper part) Metal border and paving of red semi-precious stones with clasp Portrait of Marie-Antoinette wearing a large black hat and a blue cloak, miniature on ivory, signed and dated, by Bourdier 8 x 7,30 cm (3,15 x 2,87 in.) Provenance : Collection of Madame Levaigneur ; Its sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Baudoin, May 2-4, 1912, n° 195 ; Collection of Madame Dhainaut, Paris; Its sale in London, Sotheby's, December 10, 1936, n° 7 ; Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, 21 July 1952; Anonymous sale; London, Bonhams, 21 May 2014, no. 47; Galerie Jaegy-Theoleyre, Paris Bibliography: Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, 'Les Peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850', Paris, 2008, p. 117 Comment : This lot, in accordance with the regulations in force, has a CIC and is in free circulation within the European Union. It is forbidden to leave the European Union.