Louis-Marie AUTISSER (Vannes, 1772 - Brussels, 1830) Portrait of Eléonore La Plaigne, known as Mademoiselle Georges, former mistress of the Emperor Napoleon (1787-1868), in a purple velvet dress with yellow cashmere and triple strand of pearls, against a background of green columns and draperies Oval watercolour and gum arabic on ivory Signed and dated 'Autissier p.t / Paris 1823.' lower left CIC n°2024/BE01772/CE Gilt bronze mounting on a rectangular blackened wood frame with gilt bronze spandrels Portrait of Eléonore La Plaigne, called Mademoiselle Georges, watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, signed and dated, by L. - M. Autissier 5.20 x 4.13 in. 13.2 x 10.5 cm Provenance: Probably sold anonymously; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 April 2011, no. 159 (with the inscription "La miniature originale d'Autissier se trouve chez les Dlles Galles, 15 août 1912") according to an old inscription on the back; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Probably Lucien Lemaire, Autissier miniaturiste, Lille, 1913 (2nd edition), no. 55, p. 224, illus. p. 107, pl. XXVII, fig. 32. (Original enlargement at upper border) Formerly inscribed on the back: The original miniature by Autissier can be found at the Dlles Galles, 15 August 1912 (Drouot, Paris 15 April 2011, no. 159). Related work: A round version was sold by Tajan, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 May 1996, no. 106 and subsequently by Sotheby's, Paris, 22 September 2021, no. 92. Louis-Marie AUTISSER (Vannes, 1772 - Brussels, 1830) 13.2 x 10.5 cm Formerly inscribed on the back: The original miniature by Autissier is owned by the Dlles Galles, 15 August 1912 (Drouot, Paris 15 April 2011, no. 159). Related work: A round version was sold by Tajan, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 May 1996, no. 106 and subsequently by Sotheby's, Paris, 22 September 2021, no. 92.