Jean-Baptiste-Jacques AUGUSTIN (Saint-Dié, 1759 - Paris, 1832) Portrait of a Young Woman in a White Dress Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, oval form Signed and dated 'Augustin. 1811.' on the left CIC n° 2024/BE01895/CE Rectangular frame in chased and gilt bronze Portrait of a young lady in a white dress, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed and dated, by J.-B. Augustin 2.59 x 2.08 in. 6.6 x 5.3 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; Stockholm, Bukowskis, 26 November 1998, no. 811 (sold SEK 20 000 to Edith Emma Maria Mischell, Cologne); Collection Edith Emma Maria Mischell née Himpkamp (1921 - 2011) ; Her post-death sale, Heidelberg, Metz Auktionhaus, 26 November 2011, no. 305 ; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Bernd Pappe, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin 1795-1832. Une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature, Verona, 2015, pp. 207 and 311, fig. 109 and no. 698 Jean-Baptiste-Jacques AUGUSTIN (Saint-Dié, 1759 - Paris, 1832) 6.6 x 5.3 cm