"Pair Of Miniature Portraits, Late 18th Century - France"
Pair of miniature portraits, late 18th – early 19th century, gouache on cardboard, original blackened wood and gilt brass frames. These two miniatures come from the same Leconte family, identified by old handwritten labels on the reverse.
Description:
Portrait of a man: "Mr. Leconte, father of Mrs. Perger Leconte." Carefully executed, circa 1790–1800.
Portrait of a woman: a young woman named Denise, born in Paris in 1758, married in 1784 to Claude Leconte, a bailiff's councilor, died in 1803 (full inscription, partially incomplete).
Fine and expressive paintings, typical of the French school around the Directory-Consulate period.
Dimensions: 10 cm in diameter (frames).
Condition:
Very good; original labels, fragile.
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