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- Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
- A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleu
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleu
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 58.750 GBP
Price realised: 58.750 GBP
Description
JEAN-BAPTISTE JACQUES AUGUSTIN (1759-1832)
A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleur'; seated in a pink upholstered gilt-wood chair; interior background with classical statue of a lady on top of a column, harpsichord, green curtain with gold tassel, gilt decorated door opening to fountain and balustrade, foliate background beyond
signed and dated 'augustin 1791' (on the portfolio)
3 in. (77 mm.) diam., ormolu frame with inner beaded border, foliate and laurel wreath surmount
A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleur'; seated in a pink upholstered gilt-wood chair; interior background with classical statue of a lady on top of a column, harpsichord, green curtain with gold tassel, gilt decorated door opening to fountain and balustrade, foliate background beyond
signed and dated 'augustin 1791' (on the portfolio)
3 in. (77 mm.) diam., ormolu frame with inner beaded border, foliate and laurel wreath surmount
A top price for Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
This artwork by Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in May 2000. In the Miniatures auction, the work A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleu sold for GBP 58,750.00 (€ 94,272.08) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 30,000.00. This high result makes A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleu the most expensive artwork by Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
Dieses Kunstwerk von Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin erzielte im Mai 2000 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Miniatures wurde die Arbeit A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleu für GBP 58.750,00 (€ 94.272,08) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 30.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A magnificent miniature of a young lady holding a quill in her right hand and balancing her artist's portfolio on her lap with her left hand, facing right in white muslin dress, large gem-set gold belt, powdered curling hair dressed 'à la conseilleu zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.