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Lot 81Y

24 May 2006, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Pierre Adolphe Hall (Swedish, 1739-1793)

A Lady, wearing a yellow robe, open to reveal white underslip, a rose, flowers and ribbon in her powdered hair.
Signed on obverse Hall, gold-mounted set in the lid of a circular ivory box with tortoiseshell and gold wire banding and tortoiseshell lining.
Oval, 44mm (1 3/4in) high
Literature: Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, Pierre Adolphe Hall, 1739-1793, Miniaturiste suédois, Peintre du Roi et des Enfants de France, 2000, p.126, no.154, ill.p.63, pl.34 and in colour p.68

Footnotes

The present portrait falls into the group of miniatures by Hall known as "Les têtes de Fantaisie" and painted in 1785-6. These commissions gave Hall the freedom to paint the prettiest models in whatever guise he fancied without the pressures of having to focus on obtaining a true likeness. For two similar portraits depicting the same model see P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire, Musée du Louvre et Musée d'Orsay, 1994, p.177, nos.305 & 306.

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