Claude BORNET (Paris, 1733 - 1804) Portrait of a man said to be Baron Peregaux, father of the Duchess of Raguse, in aubergine suit with red waistcoat embroidered with flowers Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, round form Signed 'Bornet' lower left Diameter: 6.2 cm CIC n° 2024/BE02122/CE Gold medallion, reverse HC in hair Portrait of a gentleman, called baron Peregaux, watercolour and gum arabic on circular ivory, signed, by C. Bornet D.: 2.44 in. Provenance: Sale of Marshal Marmont, Duke of Raguse; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Henri Baudoin, 25 February 1929, no. 55; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Léo R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe aux 16e, 17e, 18e et 19e siècles, Graz, 1964, volume I, p. 145 (described in blue coat and red waistcoat) Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, Les Peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850, Paris, 2008, p. 159 Claude BORNET (Paris, 1733 - 1804)