Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin
Found at
Christies,
London
Treasured Portraits from the Collection of Ernst Holzscheiter, Lot 27
04.Jul - 04.Jul.2018
Treasured Portraits from the Collection of Ernst Holzscheiter, Lot 27
04.Jul - 04.Jul.2018
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Price realised: 27.500 GBP
Description
Signed and dated ‘Augustin / 1817.’ (lower left)
On ivory
Rectangular, 224 x 176 mm., gilt-metal frame with oak leaf motif
The artist’s own collection. | Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin’s sale of the contents of his Studio, 20 December 1839, lot 104, purchased by Pauline Augustin (1781-1865). | By descent to her niece Justine-Henriette Cornut de La Fontaine de Coincy (1810-1898), in 1865. | Léon de Coincy (1838-1920), eldest son of the above and representative of the artist’s heirs. | Acquired by John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1904) in 1906. | John Pierpont Morgan Collection, New York; Christie’s, London, 25 Jun
On ivory
Rectangular, 224 x 176 mm., gilt-metal frame with oak leaf motif
The artist’s own collection. | Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin’s sale of the contents of his Studio, 20 December 1839, lot 104, purchased by Pauline Augustin (1781-1865). | By descent to her niece Justine-Henriette Cornut de La Fontaine de Coincy (1810-1898), in 1865. | Léon de Coincy (1838-1920), eldest son of the above and representative of the artist’s heirs. | Acquired by John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1904) in 1906. | John Pierpont Morgan Collection, New York; Christie’s, London, 25 Jun
Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin - Auction history
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