Jean-Baptiste Jacques AUGUSTIN (Saint-Dié, 1759 - Paris, 1832) Portrait of the artist's wife, Pauline Augustin, née du Cruet (1781-1865), three-quarter length, with curly hair Sepia and gouache highlights over pencil lines on paper Gilt metal frame edged with half-pearls On the reverse a pencil sketch of a three-quarter officer Portrait of Pauline Augustin née du Cruet (1781-1865), sepia and highlight of gouache, by J. - B. J. Augustin 6.30 x 4.53 in. 16.0 x 11.5 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist ; Collection of Pauline Augustin (1781-1865), the artist's widow; By descent to his niece Justine-Henriette Cornut de La Fontaine de Coincy; By descent to his great nephew, Léon de La Fontaine de Coincy (died 1920); Acquired from the latter in 1906 by J. Pierpont Morgan, New York; Pierpont Morgan sale; London, Christie's, 24 June 1935, no. 780 (sold for £29,800 to Walker); Lady Louise Lloyd-Jones Collection; By family descent; Anonymous sale; Geneva, Christie's, 16 May 1995, no. 196 (with her sister, our number 24105312/035) (sold for CHF 2600 to David Lavender, London); Galerie Anna-Maria Wager, Munich; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: George C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, The property of J. Pierpont Morgan, vol. IV, London, 1908, p. 148, no. 750 Bernd Pappe, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin 1759-1832. Une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature, Verona, 2015, p. 290, no. 520 Jean-Baptiste Jacques AUGUSTIN (Saint-Dié, 1759 - Paris, 1832) 16.0 x 11.5 cm