Jacques Louis Comte, A young Lady, wearing purple dress with cream lace cuffs and layered wide collar held with gold bar brooch set with blue gem, matching brooch at her corsage, gold pendent earring, large striped pink, yellow, blue and green silk turban in her curled blonde hair and green Kashmir shawl trimmed with embroidery in her lap, she sits on a wood chair with balustrade, lake and mountains beyond
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Jacques Louis Comte (Swiss, c.1781-after 1843)
A young Lady, wearing purple dress with cream lace cuffs and layered wide collar held with gold bar brooch set with blue gem, matching brooch at her corsage, gold pendent earring, large striped pink, yellow, blue and green silk turban in her curled blonde hair and green Kashmir shawl trimmed with embroidery in her lap, she sits on a wood chair with balustrade, lake and mountains beyond
signed on obverse and dated Comte/ 1832, original ormolu frame with leaf and dart motif
Rectangular, 145mm. (5 5/8ins.) high
Sold for £30,000 inc. premium

Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures

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