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Jean-Rodolphe Gautier (Geneva 1764-1820 Paris) A young boy, wearing blue coat, embroidered yellow waistcoat and white chemise, seated at a desk writing a letter, which begins, 'Pour ma Tante / Jenny', on red upholstered chair; window in background overlooking houses image 1
Jean-Rodolphe Gautier (Geneva 1764-1820 Paris) A young boy, wearing blue coat, embroidered yellow waistcoat and white chemise, seated at a desk writing a letter, which begins, 'Pour ma Tante / Jenny', on red upholstered chair; window in background overlooking houses image 2
The Twinight Collection
Lot 102*

Jean-Rodolphe Gautier
(Geneva 1764-1820 Paris)
A young boy, wearing blue coat, embroidered yellow waistcoat and white chemise, seated at a desk writing a letter, which begins, 'Pour ma Tante / Jenny', on red upholstered chair; window in background overlooking houses

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Jean-Rodolphe Gautier (Geneva 1764-1820 Paris)

A young boy, wearing blue coat, embroidered yellow waistcoat and white chemise, seated at a desk writing a letter, which begins, 'Pour ma Tante / Jenny', on red upholstered chair; window in background overlooking houses.
Enamel, signed on the obverse, Gautier, mounted on the lid of a circular glass box with gold and enamel mounts, maker's mark of Joseph Marie Roux, unregistered 3e titre, Paris 3e titre and moyenne garantie, 1798–1809.
Circular, 64mm (2 1/2in) high

Provenance:
With D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., in 2000 (as Marie-Madelaine Guimenel 'the Celebrated French Dancer disguised as a boy, writing a letter')
Mrs T.S. Eliot, executor's sale 'A life's devotion: The Collection of The Late Mrs T.S. Eliot', Christie's London, 20 November 2013, lot 199
The Twinight Collection

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