Lot no. 61
Jean-Urbain GUÉRIN (Strasbourg, 1761 - Obernai, 1836)
Presumed portrait of François Christophe Kellerman (1735-1820), first Duke of Valmy and Marshal of France
Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, oval shape
Signed 'Guerin' on the left
CIC n° 2024/BE01901/CE
Gilded copper frame decorated with half-pearls, locks of hair on an opaline glass plate on a guilloché leaf background with a blue glass tondo on the reverse, inscribed 'L'amitié' (Friendship).
Presumed portrait of François Christophe de Kellerman (1735-1820), watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed, by J. - U. Guérin
3.07 x 2.56 in.
7.8 x 6.5 cm
Provenance: Anonymous sale; Geneva, Sotheby's, 7 May 1982, no. 327 (sold for CHF 8 000) ;
K. Collection, Hanover ;
Anonymous sale; London, Christie's, 27-28 November 2012, no. 322 (sold for £10 000) ;
Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016);
Then by descent;
Private collection, Belgium
Jean-Urbain GUÉRIN (Strasbourg, 1761 - Obernai, 1836)
7.8 x 6.5 cm
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