ATTRIBUTED TO DANIEL CHODOWIECKI (1726-1801) MAN... Lot 35

ATTRIBUTED TO DANIEL CHODOWIECKI (1726-1801) MAN IN RED SUIT WITH FUR COLLAR, LEANING AGAINST A GREEN CHAIR HOLDING A LETTER Oval miniature on ivory (6 x 4.6 CM). A signature lower left in red, vertically along the back of the chair (faintly visible): d.chodowiecki 18th century In an oval gilded metal medallion (7.3 x 6 CM). Total weight: 0.034 kg Attached is Léon Creissels' handwritten card "prix 250 francs-or". - The man wears around his neck the cross of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem or of Malta, and its embroidered plaque, of the type received by "grace magistrale" from the Grand Master for services rendered. He holds a letter on which we read: A Monsieur/ monsieur de G[roult] / a..." - Att. to Daniel Chodowiecki, Man in a red suit with fur collar, oval miniature, a signature on the lower left in red (scarcely visible): d.chodowiecki - - The miniatures currently attributed to Daniel Chodowiecki in Polish museums are so different in style from one another that it is difficult to identify a single hand. We therefore lack an in-depth study of his work as a miniaturist. Chodowiecki was first and foremost an engraver, and some of the miniatures attributed to him are painted in a regular "pointillé", close to that of the engraver. This miniature features stippling for the entire background, flesh shadows and costume. It can be compared with one by Primate Gabriel Podoski (1717-1777) on vellum, signed "D. Chodowiecki pinxt", said to have been produced in 1773 (Ossolineum, Wroclaw).