European Portrait Miniatures: Eighteenth Century

Listed in chronological order by the date of each painting
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Swiss Engineer or Architect of the Late
Eighteenth Century, Seated at a Desk

Swiss
circa 1785
Artist unknown

2 3/8 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a circular, gilt metal pendant frame with an
elaborate monogram ("T. C." or "C. T.") to the reverse created with gouache, hairwork and gold filigree

Late Eighteenth Century German Lady,
Depicted as "The Penitent Mary Magdalene"

German
circa 1790
Artist unknown

2 9/16 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal surround that was likely originally affixed within an ebonized wood frame

Distinguished Looking French Gentleman of the Period
of the French Revolution, Seated at a Desk

French
dated 1793
by Marie-Sophie Loisier (fl. 1793-1802)
(signed Loisier)

2 5/8 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal surround that was likely
originally affixed within an ebonized wood frame or atop a snuff box

Madame de La Roque (née Marie Thérèsa de Cairon)
and Her Daughter, Elisabeth (Who Later Became
Madame Morin de Banneville)
(identified by original, handwritten notes on the reverse of the portrait)

French
circa 1795
Artist unknown

2 9/16 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal surround and affixed within an ebonized wood frame

Caroline Sabina Victoria de Poulhariez-Cavanac (1792-1834) and
Aimé-Jacques Poulhariez-Cavanac (1790-1836),
the Young Children of the Marquis de Cavanac, Playing with a Bird
(identified by original, handwritten notes on the reverse of the portrait)

Austrian
dated 1797
by Otto Gosse

3 inches diameter (sight)

watercolor on ivory; housed in a gilt metal surround and affixed within an ebonized wood frame

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