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Lot 283 Dα

Portrait miniatures of a lady and a gentleman

Auction 1130 - overview Cologne
16.05.2019, 16:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)

Portrait miniatures of a lady and a gentleman

Gouache on ivory. Half-figure portraits against grey-green ground. The gentleman in a blue jacket, the lady in a burgundy velvet dress. In gilt metal frames. Each signed to the left over the shoulders: Tixier à Tours 1825 (the gentleman) /1826 (the lady). 8 x 6.5 and 9.9 x 7.6 cm. Frame 11 x 8.5 cm.
P.V. Tixier de Ladoule, Tours 1825/26.

Provenance

Berlin private collection. - Acquired in 1993 from Anna Maria Wager art dealers, Munich. - Exhibited in the Kunstmesse Orangerie, Berlin, im September 1993, as no. 174-12/13.

Literature

For more on this artist cf.: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 822 f.