Charles Hénard
A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseill
Found at
Christies,
London
Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 166
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2008
Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, Lot 166
10. Jun - 10. Jun 2008
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Price realised: 7.500 GBP
Description
CHARLES HÉNARD (FRENCH, C. 1757 - AFTER 1808)
A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseillère'
signed 'henard' (lower left)
on ivory
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., set into the lid of a Louis XVI gold bonbonnière, the base with concentrical reeding scattered with pellets, the sides similarly scattered on horizontal reeding, by Nicolas Marguerit (fl. 1763-1790), Paris, 1781/82, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1780-1782 and later Dutch marks
A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseillère'
signed 'henard' (lower left)
on ivory
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., set into the lid of a Louis XVI gold bonbonnière, the base with concentrical reeding scattered with pellets, the sides similarly scattered on horizontal reeding, by Nicolas Marguerit (fl. 1763-1790), Paris, 1781/82, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1780-1782 and later Dutch marks
A top price for Charles Hénard - as previously expected
In June 2008 Christies in London held the auction Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes, which included the work A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseill by Charles Hénard. It changed hands for a price of GBP 7,500.00 (€ 9,480.25) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 6,000.00 – 8,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseill is the most expensive artwork by Charles Hénard that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im Juni 2008 führte Christies in London die Auktion Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes durch, in der auch die Arbeit A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseill von Charles Hénard zur Versteigerung kam. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 7.500,00 (€ 9.480,25) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 6.000,00 – 8.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist A young lady, in white dress with lace trim with garland of pink flowers draped over her right shoulder and another tied around her right arm at the elbow, blue ribbon tied with a bow at her right shoulder, loose powdered hair dressed 'à la conseill das teuerste Kunstwerk von Charles Hénard, das wir bisher bei Au
Charles Hénard - Auction history
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