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A pair of calligraphy portraits representing Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
A pair of calligraphy portraits representing Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette - Paintings & Drawings Style
Ref : 80761
SOLD
Period :
18th century
Artist :
Jean-Joseph Bernard (1740 - 1809)
Provenance :
France
Medium :
Ink on paper
Dimensions :
l. 9.45 inch X H. 14.57 inch
Paintings & Drawings  - A pair of calligraphy portraits representing Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
Sylvie Lhermite-King

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A pair of calligraphy portraits representing Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

By Jean-Joseph Bernard (Lunéville 1740 - Saint-Cloud 1809)

37 x 24 cm
54 x 43 cm (with frame)

Condition:
some tears and foxing


Provenance:
Marquis de Lur-Saluces ;
Comtesse de Montjoie;
Paul-Louis Weiller Collection, Paris,
Its sale Drouot, Gros-Delettrez, 5 April 2011, lot 1

On the back of each drawings an auction notice in French is reading : "Lot 47. Dessin à la plume par Bernard, maître d’écriture des pages du Roi de Pologne. Portrait exécuté vers 1780 inspiré des gravures de Leclerc et de Patas. Bibl. : repro. dans : Les nouvelles de Versailles 25 mai 1949 article de Jean des Vignes Rouges."

Sylvie Lhermite-King

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Drawing & Watercolor