INFANTRY CAPTAIN OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, First Empire, circa 1808-1812: miniature portrait. 16835

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INFANTRY CAPTAIN OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD, First Empire, circa 1808-1812: miniature portrait. 16835

Oval shaped miniature H 6 cm, L 4.7 cm (at sight).
Watercolor and gouache.
Bust portrait representing an officer in a dark blue coat with a scarlet collar. On his chest he wears the knight's star of the Royal Order of Spain, founded in 1808.
Presented in a brass rod frame H 7.3 cm, L 6.2 cm, under bedside glass, and in a wooden bowl frame, H 11.4 cm, width 9.9 cm.

France.
First Empire.
Good condition, portrait reframed, with a 2 mm strip added and painted in the lower part to fill the frame, wooden frame formerly decorated with gilded brass appliques which have been removed.

Reference : 16835

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