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Chevalier De Chateaubourg-Attrib."Portrait of a gentleman in park", miniature on ivory, ca. 1795 3900 EUR - 25% DISCOUNT = 2925,00 EUR
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Portrait of a young aristocrat pointing to a letter "M" scratched on the trunk of the tree - surely, the first letter of the name of his beloved woman (bride? mistress?). It is a work of a very good French artist from the time around 1795.
All stylistic criteria show strong resemblance with works of the well known French miniaturist (who worked also a long time in Germany and Russia!) Chevalier de Chateaubourg. Our additional images with clips from " Die Miniaturen Sammlung seiner Königlichen Hoheit des Grossherzogs Ernst Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein" convincingly confirm this attribution.
Charles-Joseph de la Celle, Chevalier de Chateaubourg (1758 Nantes - 1837 ibidem) was a brother-in-law of the famous French poet Chateaubriand. As a captain of Regiment "Prince de Conde" he emigrated in 1792 for two years to London, from 1794 till 1799 lived in Germany (1796 Ansbach, 1798/99 Berlin). First known miniature of his is dated 1794 (sic!). As a portrait miniaturist he traveled from Court to Court and portrayed the members of the local royal families. In 1800-1805 the artist lived in St. Petersburg where he was one of the most favorite portraitists. From St. Petersburg he made trips to Tver and Moscow. His sitters of this period were (as they were in Germany) exclusively members of high aristocracy and royalties. In 1806 he came back to his native Nantes and settled there. Although Chateaubourg was supposedly a pupil of Isabey, his name is to be found also among the pupils of Augustin (1812, 1813). Yet, his miniatures resemble neither Augustin's nor Isabey's.
Schidlof writes: "…in his early works of the 19th century there is a Nordic influence, a certain relationship with the miniatures of Stroehly and Grassi".
The artist began exhibiting in 1798 at the Academy of Berlin and showed his miniatures in 1804, 1808 and 1812 at the Salon of Paris. Many of his works are on view in various Russian museums (Pavlovsk, Hermitage, Russian Museum St. Petersburg), Museums of Den Haag, Krakow, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Louvre Paris, Stockholm, Windsor Castle, etc.).
Provenance: private collection, USA; Auction House Skinner, USA, 2006
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Condition: fairly good; minor crack at 4:30 o'clock; minimal paint loss at 3:30 o'clock
Creation Year: ca 1795
Measurements: UNFRAMED:8,8x7,3cm/3,5x2,9in FRAMED: 9,5x8,0cm/3,7x3,1in
Object Type: Framed miniature
Style: Portrait miniatures
Technique: watercolor on ivory
Inscription: -
Creator: Charles-Joseph de la Celle, Chevalier de Chateaubourg
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Creator Dates: 1758 Nantes-1837 Nantes
Nationality: French
- 2-3 days door-to-door shipment, professionally packed by Mail Boxes Etc and shipped with DHL (calculated for US):
82,14 EUR + insurance 1,8% of item price
Shipping cost to other destinations (worldwide) on request
Shipping price may be reduced if you dispense with the frame - Cheaper alternative (may be further reduced if you dispense with the frame): professionally packed by Mail Boxes Etc and shipped with regular Austrian mail - upon request under office@wilnitsky.com (OBS: In this case maximal refunded insurance value is EUR 500 if shipping destination was the US. In Europe sometimes more, depending on destination.)
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