Vincenza BENZI-BASTERIS (Active between 1782 and 1800 in France and Piedmont) Portrait of Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen of France in hunting costume, holding a black hat Watercolour and gum arabic on ivory, round form Diameter: 6.7 cm CIC n° 2024/BE01327/CE Gilt metal frame in blackened wood Portrait of Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen of France, watercolour and gum arabic on circular ivory, by V. Benzi-Basteris D.: 2.63 in. Provenance: Galerie Kugel, Paris ; Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection (1926-2016); Then by descent; Private collection, Belgium (Several cracks restored) A similar miniature signed and dated 1784 is in the Musée du Louvre (inv. RF 12221), illustrated in Pierrette Jean-Richard, Inventaire des miniatures sur ivoire conservées au Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre et Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, p. 52, no. 51. An oval variant was in the Alain Bancel collection, Piasa sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21 May 2003, no. 281 (sold for €2,500). Vincenza BENZI-BASTERIS (Active between 1782 and 1800 in France and Piedmont) A similar miniature signed and dated 1784 is in the Musée du Louvre (inv. RF 12221), illustrated in Pierrette Jean-Richard, Inventaire des miniatures sur ivoire conservées au Cabinet des dessins, Musée du Louvre et Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, p. 52, no. 51. An oval variant was in the Alain Bancel collection, Piasa sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21 May 2003, no. 281 (sold for €2,500).