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facing right in brown coat, red waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair., gold mount, set on the cover of a tortoiseshell lined red composition bonbonniere Christie's London. A surprising bid for this miniature, which however carried an estimate of between £ 3,000 and 5,000. Surprising because Doucet de Surigny is not so well known. She worked in Paris at the end of the 18th Century and exhibited at the Salon there from 1793 to 1806. Still, she was a good miniaturist ofg whom only a few rare works have so far been known. She painted very expressive miniatures under what seemed the influence of Peter-Adolf Hall but unlike the latter, she executed faces in “pointillé” (dots). Another miniature by her representing a young lady, 65 mm diam., though in our opinion much more interesting than the present one fetched £ 3,290 ($ 4,995) (Inclusive of buyer's premium) against a pre-sale estimate of between £ 1,500 a nd 2,500 during the same sale. |
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