Bonhams 1793 : Mme Jeanne Doucet de Surigny (née Glaesner) (French, active 1791-1806) Two portrait miniatures of Etienne-Cyprien Renouard de Bussièrre (1736-1794), Marquis de Roche and his wife, Marie Suzanne Doucet de Surigny (1751-1825): the former, seated on a grassy hillock in a wooded landscape, wearing brown coat, white buttoned waistcoat, stock and cravat, dark sienna breeches and fawn riding boots, his powdered wig worn en queue, he holds a book in his left hand and a silver-handled walking cane crooked in his right elbow; the latter, standing in a draped entrance to a boudoir, wearing navy blue pelisse over white embroidered muslin gown with apricot lining, gold hoop earrings, her curling hair falling to her shoulders beneath a white turban, she holds a sprig of violets in her left hand and pulls back a green curtain with her right

Mme Jeanne Doucet de Surigny (née Glaesner) (French, active 1791-1806) Two portrait miniatures of Monsieur Bernard de Buf******, Seignuer de Roche and his wife: the former, seated on a grassy hillock in a wooded landscape, wearing brown coat, white buttoned waistcoat, stock and cravat, dark sienna breeches and fawn riding boots, his powdered wig worn en queue, he holds a book in his left hand and a silver-handled walking cane crooked in his right elbow; the latter, standing in the draped entrance to a boudoir, wearing pale peach and white muslin gown with navy blue pelisse, gold hoop earrings, her long locks loose beneath a white turban, she holds a sprig of violets in her left hand and pulls back a green curtain with her right

28 Jun 2012 14:00 BST London, Knightsbridge
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Mme Jeanne Doucet de Surigny (née Glaesner) (French, active 1791-1806)

Two portrait miniatures of Etienne-Cyprien Renouard de Bussièrre (1736-1794), Marquis de Roche and his wife, Marie Suzanne Doucet de Surigny (1751-1825): the former, seated on a grassy hillock in a wooded landscape, wearing brown coat, white buttoned waistcoat, stock and cravat, dark sienna breeches and fawn riding boots, his powdered wig worn en queue, he holds a book in his left hand and a silver-handled walking cane crooked in his right elbow; the latter, standing in a draped entrance to a boudoir, wearing navy blue pelisse over white embroidered muslin gown with apricot lining, gold hoop earrings, her curling hair falling to her shoulders beneath a white turban, she holds a sprig of violets in her left hand and pulls back a green curtain with her right.
The former, signed on the obverse Mme Doucet; the latter signed on the obverse Fme Doucet, both gilt-mounted on rectangular turned wood frames: the former bearing handwritten label inscribed, M^r Bernard/ M^r Renouard de Bussière/ Seigneur de Roche/ arrière arrière G^d Père de Bernard de Pourtalès; the latter also bearing a handwritten label inscribed Grand-Mère de Mon Père/ arrière arrière G^d Mère de Bernard de Pourtalès/ M^me Renouard de Bussière/ née Doucet de Surigny/ la même que représente le grand pastel donne ~~me de Lille au salon du milieu~~ à Mathieu/ M^r Bernard.
Circular, 116mm (4 9/16in) high (2)

Sold for £5,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

Etienne was born in Sancerre on 3 June 1736, the eldest child of Etienne Renouard de Bussière and his second wife Marie Anne Billacoys de Vinon. The seat of the Renouard Bussière family was the 11th-century Château de Roche-sur-Loue in Arc-et-Senans, Alsace, the ownership of which allowed Etienne to style himself as the Marquis de Roche. On 19 April 1784, Etienne acquired the nearby Château Rouillaud, assuming the additional title of 'Baron Rouillaud' and subsequently strengthening the family's pre-eminence in the Alsace region. Etienne was an adviser to Louis XVI and a member of the 'Parlement de Besançon' that governed the region in accordance with the 'Ancien Régime' and fought against the King to uphold serfdom making the Franche-Comté one of the last areas of France to abolish the feudal practice.

Etienne married Marie Suzanne Doucet de Surigny, the daughter of Pierre Doucet and Suzanne Lançon and sister-in-law of the miniaturist responsible for the present lot and for lot 85. The union saw the birth of three sons, François Cyprien (1773-1838), Julien Raphaël (1774-1804) and Athanase Paul (1775-1846).

Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures

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