Lot 3: Augustin Christian Ritt (Russian, 1765-1799)

AUGUSTIN CHRISTIAN RITT (RUSSIAN, 1765-1799) A young lady in low-cut dress, fowers in her hair Signed ‘Ritt’ (lower right) On ivory 75 mm. diam., silver frame with diamond-set pierced surround, the reverse set with gold monogram

PROVENANCE: Edouard Chappey Collection. Estate of Madame Roussel; Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 25-28 March 1912, lot 52 (as attributed to Hall). The Collection of Madame Dhainaut, Paris; Sotheby’s, London, 10 December 1936, lot 14 (as 'An extremely fne Miniature of a Girl, by Peter Adolf Hall’). With Herbert Bier, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in London, 9 September 1951 (inv. nos. MD/0513 and 474).