portrait of countess of Artois, née Marie Therese of Savoy (1756-1805)
She married Charles Philip, the future king Charles X of France
This miniature is a copy of a copper print stored under No RDA00139479 | 00380380 at the "Rue des Archives".
backside: 1350P/38 comtesse d'Artois
rubber stamp: Elfenbein-Miniatur auf Elfenbein platte gemalt
initials W.H.
painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
not signed
fine details, shadowy background
preservation: excellent
frame: ivory chips with an inlay of nacre,
gold finished decorated ring and copper suspension eyelet
frame in superb state, except for one square millimeter of ivory missing at the thick side of the frame (upper left corner)
internal dimension ring: vertical 46 mm.
thicknes frame: 9 mm
vertical dimension frame: 100 mm
stock number 286