Lot 99: JULES VERNET (FRENCH, 1792-1843)

JULES VERNET (FRENCH, 1792-1843)
A young lady, in white off-the-shoulder dress with gem-set clasp at her shoulder, gold bangle worn on her upper left arm, embroidered red shawl draped over her arms; red curtain and landscape background
signed and dated 'Vernet 1837' (mid-right)
on ivory
oval, 3½ in. (88 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular wood frame

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For another portrait by this artist of a lady reclining, dated 1836, see J. Nimmergut/A.-M. Wager, Miniaturen. Dosen, Munich, 1982, illustrated p. 148 , no. 117.