Pauline Bonaparte miniature, after Robert Lefèvre, in filigree ormolu frame c. 1890
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Hand painted miniature on ivory, depicting Napoleon Bonaparte’s favourite sister, Pauline Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese, (1780-1825), the ‘Princess Borghese’, Princess of Guastalla, Princess Consort of Sulmona and Rossano, after the 1806 portrait by Robert Lefèvre (1755-1830), once in the Victoria & Albert Museum, now to be seen in the Wellington Collection at Apsley House, this example set in an ornate filigree ormolu frame.
Indistinct signature centre right,
‘..ruet’
Circa 1890
Quite large for a ‘miniature’ – 13cm high, 10.5cm wide with the image aprox. 8.5×6.5cm .
H: 13 x 10.5cm
Excellent condition
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