LEGRAND Madame (active in 1797 and 1804), PORTRAIT OF A DRAGOON CAPTAIN, Revolution.
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LEGRAND Madame (active in 1797 and 1804), PORTRAIT OF A CAPTAIN OF DRAGOONS, Directory - Consulate.
Round miniature, diameter 6.9 cm (visible).
Watercolor and gouache on ivory.
Captain in dark blue uniform with white collar, silver buttons, shoulder strap and aiguillettes in silver braid, brass helmet with panther skin band, topped with a crest with black horsehair mane.
Signed lower left "Cnne Le Grand pinxit".
Gilt brass and blue enamel frame, diameter 9.2 cm, under glass.
France.
Late 18th century.
Very good condition, slight paint loss at the collar. Miniature observed without being removed from the frame due to fragility.
PROVENANCE:
Former Raoul and Jean Brunon collections (Marseilles then Salon de Provence).
BIOGRAPHY:
Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard "Les Peintres en miniature, actifs en France, 1650-1850" published by l'Amateur, Paris 2008.
LEGRAND Madame (active in 1797 and 1804)
Miniature painter. She was the wife of the painter Sicot (or Scott) Pierre-Nicolas Legrand and in 1797 lived with her husband in Paris, at 35 rue de Grenelle (Faubourg Saint-Honoré). She exhibited two miniature portraits at the Salon the same year as her husband (number 297). She is likely the same Madame Legrand who worked as a painter at the Sèvres factory from 1784 to 1798. Several Legrand family members worked there at the same time. Her drawing is correct, her miniatures finely executed, but the poses remain conventional. She painted the skin, especially the face, with broad, horizontal, slightly orange brushstrokes.
Signature: "Cnne Le Grand pinxit" under the Directory, then "Mme Le Grand pinxit" under the First Empire.
Round miniature, diameter 6.9 cm (visible).
Watercolor and gouache on ivory.
Captain in dark blue uniform with white collar, silver buttons, shoulder strap and aiguillettes in silver braid, brass helmet with panther skin band, topped with a crest with black horsehair mane.
Signed lower left "Cnne Le Grand pinxit".
Gilt brass and blue enamel frame, diameter 9.2 cm, under glass.
France.
Late 18th century.
Very good condition, slight paint loss at the collar. Miniature observed without being removed from the frame due to fragility.
PROVENANCE:
Former Raoul and Jean Brunon collections (Marseilles then Salon de Provence).
BIOGRAPHY:
Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard "Les Peintres en miniature, actifs en France, 1650-1850" published by l'Amateur, Paris 2008.
LEGRAND Madame (active in 1797 and 1804)
Miniature painter. She was the wife of the painter Sicot (or Scott) Pierre-Nicolas Legrand and in 1797 lived with her husband in Paris, at 35 rue de Grenelle (Faubourg Saint-Honoré). She exhibited two miniature portraits at the Salon the same year as her husband (number 297). She is likely the same Madame Legrand who worked as a painter at the Sèvres factory from 1784 to 1798. Several Legrand family members worked there at the same time. Her drawing is correct, her miniatures finely executed, but the poses remain conventional. She painted the skin, especially the face, with broad, horizontal, slightly orange brushstrokes.
Signature: "Cnne Le Grand pinxit" under the Directory, then "Mme Le Grand pinxit" under the First Empire.
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