Lot 910 D α

An enamel portrait miniature of Catherine Blount

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 16:00 - Decorative Arts Furniture
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.134 € (incl. premium)
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An enamel portrait miniature of Catherine Blount

Bust length portrait in a red gown. 4.3 x 3.8 cm. 18k gold capsule frame with engraved monogram on the reverse.
Attributed to Charles Boit, Paris, first quarter 18th C.

The son of a Frenchman living in Stockholm, Charles Boit is considered one of the greatest masters of enamel painting of his time. In 1687 he became court miniaturist to King William III in London, but later also worked for other European courts, with stations in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Vienna and Dresden. From 1705 he lived in Paris, where he became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et Sculpture.

Provenance

Lempertz Cologne auction 622 on 26 June 1987, lot 1559.
Rhenish private collection.

Literature

Listed in the Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures on Loan at the South Kensington Museum, London 1865, no. 1189.
For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 91 f.

Exhibitions

The Special Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures, South Kensington Museum, London, June 1865.