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Lot 136: ANDRÉ-LÉON LARUE, CALLED MANSION (FRENCH, 1785 - AFTER 1837)

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 02, 2009

Item Overview

Description

ANDRÉ-LÉON LARUE, CALLED MANSION (FRENCH, 1785 - AFTER 1837)
A young gentleman, in brown coat, white waistcoat, shirt and knotted cravat, brown hair and sideburns
signed and dated 'mansion. 1820.' (upper right)
on ivory
oval, 2 3/8 in. (61 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount in rectangular dark wood frame with gilt-metal spandrels

Provenance

Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 29 August 1934, lot 1545.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen; part I, sold Sotheby's, London, 28 March 1977, lot 100.
With G. Selby, Blenheim Antiques, London, 18 June 1977.

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Auction Details

Silver, Portrait Miniatures, Gold Boxes and Ceramics

by
Christie's
June 02, 2009, 11:00 AM GMT

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