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facing right in low-cut lace-bordered blue and white checked dress with gold-bordered white sleeves, pale blue, gold, white and dark blue striped stole draped across her left shoulder, drop pearl earrings, blue bandeau in her long dark hair, foliage and tree background. Gold foliate stamped mount, set on the cover of a composition lined bonbonniere with white, black, green and red interlocking stripes on gold lacquer ground Christie's London. A bid which tallied with the average pre-sale estimate. Le Tellier worked in Paris as a miniature painter during the last quarter of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. He notably painted some portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette and his works produced around 1775-1780 were usually mounted on boxes. His last appearance in the Salon was in 1812 where he showed several miniatures. His miniatures painted between 1770 and 1785 were executed in "pointillé" (dots), in a style reminiscent of the works of N. Courtois. Later he changed his technique entirely and his miniatures, which reminded those of François Dumont, became more expressive and more natural.
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