Maxime DAVID (1798-1870). Portrait of a young blond man in a yellow waistcoat, wearing a black suit with a pink buttonhole, standing three-quarter right on a sky background, circa 1840. Oval miniature on ivory signed on the right: Maxime David. (Mould and small cracks in the frame). Height 8 cm; Width: 6 cm (dimensions when viewed). Gilt brass and veneer frame. Height 17.3 cm; Width: 14 cm (frame). Gross weight: 209 g. *An ivory specimen of Elephantidae spp (I/A) pre-Convention, prior to 1 July 1947 and therefore in conformity with EC Regulation 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc, and prior to 1 July 1975 and therefore in conformity 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