Miniature Portrait Of A Young Gentleman By Amélie De Lacépède, Née Countess Kautz (1795-1860)

The masterfully miniature of a young gentleman was executed by the French miniature painter Amélie de Lacépède, née Countess Kautz (1796 - 1860 Paris). She lived in Paris, exhibited her miniatures and portraits at the Salon from 1836 to 1842, among others, a watercolor, representing the children of Goeffroy-Saint-Hilire (1838) and portraits of Miss Henriette Isabey (1839). She paints, finally, with very fresh coloring and greenish-blue shadows. The former Maxime Hóbert collection, Paris contained a portrait of a portrait of the artist, another work, the miniature portrait of Helene c. Schulthess-Rechberg, is in the Swiss National Museum, Zurich.

Literature: Leo R. Schidlof “Miniature in Europe”, 1964, Graz, Austria; lexicons of Thieme/Becker, XXII, 1928, 175; Bénézit.
Inscriptions: signed on the left on the edge of the miniature: by L.
Technique: gouache on ivory, original wooden frame from the beginning of the 19th century with matt gold interior round.
Dimensions: oval unframed h 3 1/8" x w 2 1/2" (8 x 6.5 cm), framed w 5 1/2" x h 4 3/4" (14 x 12 cm).
Condition: in very good condition.