Etienne Charles Le Guay
Found at
Christies,
London
Treasured Portraits from the Collection of Ernst Holzscheiter, Lot 38
04.Jul - 04.Jul.2018
Treasured Portraits from the Collection of Ernst Holzscheiter, Lot 38
04.Jul - 04.Jul.2018
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.000 GBP
Price realised: 4.000 GBP
Description
Signed ‘E. C. Le Guay.’ (mid-left)
On ivory
Rectangular, 147 x 120 mm., giltwood and gesso frame, the reverse open to reveal an inscription with information relating to its provenance
The property of a French émigré in Basel. | Fräulein Passavant, Basel, in the 1790s. | Merian-Ryhiner Family, Basel. | A. Refardt-Bischoff, Basel, in 1912. | Acquired by Mme. Rambert from Mlle. Amsler, sister and nurse of Prof. Amsler, eye surgeon at the University in Zurich, who had received it as a token of gratitude from a patient. | With Mme. L. Rambert, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Montreux, 3 August 1948. (inv. nos. MD/0465 and 258).
On ivory
Rectangular, 147 x 120 mm., giltwood and gesso frame, the reverse open to reveal an inscription with information relating to its provenance
The property of a French émigré in Basel. | Fräulein Passavant, Basel, in the 1790s. | Merian-Ryhiner Family, Basel. | A. Refardt-Bischoff, Basel, in 1912. | Acquired by Mme. Rambert from Mlle. Amsler, sister and nurse of Prof. Amsler, eye surgeon at the University in Zurich, who had received it as a token of gratitude from a patient. | With Mme. L. Rambert, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Montreux, 3 August 1948. (inv. nos. MD/0465 and 258).
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