Russisch Miniature portrait of a young woman with... Lot 6448

Russisch Miniature portrait of a young woman with blue bows in her white powdered hairstyle and jeweled earrings, wearing a blue dress with roses at the neckline and a brown fur cape. Enamel on copper. 3.8 x 3.1 cm (oval). In a gilt copper setting, white metal cover with brooch pin on the reverse. Provenance: London, Bonhams, auction "Fine Portrait Miniatures" on March 8, 1993, lot 13 with illus. (as portrait of Tsarina Elisabeth Petrovna), hammer price 1,100 GBP plus 10 % buyer's premium.