Lot 24: A young officer, in dark green coat with pale green collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Order of Spain

Name: A young officer, in dark green coat with pale green collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Order of Spain
Brand: Christie's
SKU: viwp6co6h7

Est: £600 GBP - £800 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 10, 2008

Item Overview

Description

JOSEPH-MARIE BOUTON (FRANCO-SPANISH, 1768-1832)
A young officer, in dark green coat with pale green collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the breast-star of the Royal Order of Spain
signed 'Bouton' (mid right)
on ivory
2¼ in. (57 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount

Artist or Maker

Joseph-Marie Bouton

Exhibited

Troppau (Silesia), Kaiser Franz Josef-Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Ausstellung von Miniaturen, 1905, no. 162.
Berlin, Salons Friedmann & Weber, Miniaturen-Ausstellung, 1906, no. 893.
Vienna, Nationalbibliothek, Das gemalte Kleinporträt, 1931, no. 67.
Darmstadt, Residenzschloss, 1974-2007, inv. no. 21046.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue De Bouton à Goya - Cinq miniaturistes à la cour de Madrid, Toulouse, Musée Paul Dupuy, 1960, p. 30. no. LXX.

Provenance

Alfred von Strasser-Sánczi Collection, Vienna, 1905, 1906, 1931.
Collection of Architect Kurt Jahn (1903-1978), Darmstadt, inv. J.8.

Notes

FROM THE JAHN COLLECTION, DARMSTADT

The Royal Order of Spain was created by Joseph Bonaparte during his short reign in Spain. It was abolished in Spain in 1814 by King Ferdinand VII and prohibited in France by King Louis XVIII from 9 July 1814.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

Christie's

June 10, 2008, 10:30 AM WET

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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