Lot 42
Lot 42
BONBONNIÈRE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV EN OR ET ÉCAILLE DE TORTUE APPLIQUÉE D'UNE MINIATURE

LA BONBONNIÈRE, PARIS, 1762-1768; LA MINIATURE PAR JEAN-ANDRÉ ROUQUET (1701-1758)

Price Realised EUR 4,032
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EUR 1,000 - EUR 1,500
Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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BONBONNIÈRE D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XV EN OR ET ÉCAILLE DE TORTUE APPLIQUÉE D'UNE MINIATURE

LA BONBONNIÈRE, PARIS, 1762-1768; LA MINIATURE PAR JEAN-ANDRÉ ROUQUET (1701-1758)

Price Realised EUR 4,032
Closed: 22 Nov 2023
Price Realised EUR 4,032
Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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Circulaire en écaille de tortue appliquée d’une monture en or formée de guirlandes de fleurs tenues par des colonnes, et sur les bords d’une frise ajourée de feuillage enrubanné, le couvercle centré d’une miniature sur émail figurant une jeune femme dans une robe blanche bordée de dentelle, des boucles d’oreille en perles et un rang de perles dans les cheveux et tombant dans son décolleté, dans un cadre en or ciselé de roses et feuilles, poinçon sur la gorge: décharge
D.: 7,9 cm. (318 in.)
Poids brut: 162 gr. (5 oz. 4 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, Londres, 9 novembre 1994, lot 26.
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A LOUIS XV GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE SET WITH A MINIATURE
THE BOX PARIS, 1762-1768; THE MINIATURE BY JEAN-ANDRE ROUQUET (1701-1758)
Circular, the tortoiseshell body applied with a cagework of foliate garlands held by columns, the border applied with pierced friese of entwined foliate band and ribbon, the cover set in the centre with a miniature of a lady in white laced dress, with pearl earrings, a rope of pearls in her hair and another fastened to her dress, marked on flange: decharge

Jean-André Rouquet (1701-1758) was a miniaturist born of French Huguenot parents who had taken refuge in Geneva. He worked in Paris until 1725 before moving to London, where he married Jane Setchell, a close friend of William Hogarth, whom he befriended, and joined the studio of Christian Friedrich Zincke. In 1751 he returned to Paris and exhibited enamels at the Salons de l'Académie from 1753. In 1754, the Marquis de Marigny, whose portrait he painted, granted him a flat in the Galeries du Louvre. He was then commissioned by the Marquise de Pompadour to paint her portrait on email. Unfortunately, a stroke in 1758 led to serious psychological problems and he was transferred to the Charenton asylum.Claiming to be a successor of Jean Petitot, he supposedly improved the enamel dyes, enabling him to produce portraits with delicate, opalescent flesh.This miniature is reminiscent of Godfrey Kneller's portraits and, by association, those of his first mentor in London, Zincke, suggesting that it was made during his stay in England and that the sitter is English.
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