Lot no. 62
Jean-Baptiste-Jacques AUGUSTIN (Saint-Dié, 1759 - Paris, 1832)
Presumed portrait of Anne Michelle Elisabeth, née Massieu, Baroness d'Oberkampf (1756-1816)
Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, round form
Signed and dated 'Augustin. 1814' on the right
Diameter: 5.9 cm
CIC n° 2024/BE01821/CE
Original rectangular frame in chased and gilded bronze
Inside the frame is a sheet of paper in the artist's handwriting with instructions for corrections to be made
Presumed portrait of Anne Michelle Elisabeth, née Massieu, baronne d'Oberkampf (1756-1816), watercolour and gum arabic on circular ivory, signed and dated, by J. - B. - J. Augustin
D. 2.32 in.
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Paris, Palais Galliera, Ader Picard Tajan, 25 March 1977, no. 83A (sold for 40,000 francs with the portrait of her husband);
Anonymous sale; Eve, Drouot, Paris, 20 June 2012, no. 38 (sold for €15,500);
Galerie Jaegy-Theoleyre, Paris;
Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016);
Then by descent ;
Private collection, Belgium
Bibliography: Bernd Pappe, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin 1759-1832, Une nouvelle excellence dans l'art du portrait en miniature, Verona, 2015, pp. 210 and 328, fig. 114 and no. 879
(Epidermal marks in the gum arabic of the dress)
The portrait of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815) by Jean-Baptiste Isabey was presented at our sale Le Portrait en miniature held on 21 March 2024 (sale no. 4427, lot 334).
Jean-Baptiste-Jacques AUGUSTIN (Saint-Dié, 1759 - Paris, 1832)
The portrait of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815) by Jean-Baptiste Isabey was presented at our sale Le Portrait en miniature held on 21 March 2024 (sale no. 4427, lot 334).
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