˜ Miniature portrait of a man in blue frock coat and gold buttons, white tie and white hair. Plain light gray background, signed on the right: Mlle Hüe de Bréval.
Diameter: 5.3 cm
This miniature adorns the lid of an ivory box in poor condition, encircled by tortoiseshell revealing a space for another miniature (now missing).
Diameter: 7.7 cm - Gross weight: 92 g.
A pupil of Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, Mademoiselle Hüe de Bréval exhibited numerous miniatures at the Salon from the time she came of age in 1810 until 1822.
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