Louis-Marie SICARD, known as SICARDI Avignon, 1743 - Paris, 1825 Portrait of Dieudonné Thiébault and his grandson Adolphe, aged three, holding the manuscript of the Essay on Style Round miniature on ivory Signed and dated 'Sicardi. an 9.' on the left Diameter: 8.1 cm Chased gilt bronze frame with suspension ring Portrait of Dieudonné Thiébault and his grandson Adolphe of three years old, circular miniature on ivory, signed and dated, by Sicardi D. 3.1 in. Provenance: Commissioned by Dieudonné Thiébault's son from Sicardi for a total price of 1,670 francs; Admired by Joséphine Bonaparte; Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Tajan, 5 November 1997, no. 44 (sold for 20,000 frs at the time); Private collection, Paris Bibliography: Paul Thiébault, 'Mémoires du Général Baron Thiébault', Paris, 1894 (2nd edn), III, p. 31, 163 Jules Belleudy, 'Louis Sicardi, miniaturiste', 'Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français', 1931, p.261-264 and 297 Michel Lauraine, 'Louis-Marie Sicard dit Sicardi (1743-1825). Peintre miniaturiste. Biography, Paris 2005, p. 52-53 and 138, no. 189 Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, 'Les Peintres en miniatures actifs en France 1650-1580', Paris, 2008, p.467 Comment: Dieudonné Thiébault (1733-1807), a famous French man of letters (father of General Thiébault), is shown with his grandson Adolphe, aged three in 1801 (year 9). In accordance with current regulations, this lot has a CIC and is in free circulation within the European Union. It may not be taken out of the European Union. This lot, in accordance to current regulations, has an intra-community certificate and is in free circulation within the European Union. The export outside European Union is prohibited.