Jean-Jacques Thérèse de LUSSE (1758-1833). Portrait of a man in a brown suit, yellow waistcoat embroidered with flowers, white tie tied with a lace border, powdered hair, ring in his ear, three-quarter right on a bluish background. Miniature on ivory, signed lower right: De LuSse / year 4 [1795-1796]. (Mottling, small lack under the rabbet). Diameter: 6.5 cm (dimensions at sight). In a double-sided gilt metal medallion (diameter: 7.5 cm). Gross weight: 27.97 g. Bibliography: - N. Lemoine-Bouchard, "Jean-Jacques Thérèse de Lusse or the art of movement in miniature portraiture", in Pappe, Schmieglitz-Otten, Michael Imhof Verlag GmbH & Co, Petersberg, forthcoming 2025. *Pre-Convention ivory specimen of Elephantidae spp (I/A), prior to 1 July 1947 and therefore in compliance with EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc, and prior to 1 July 1975 and therefore in compliance with the French decrees of 4 May 2017 and January 2022. To leave the European Union, a CITES re-export permit will be required. Expert: Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard