Round box with miniature set in its lid. The miniature portrays Austrian Kaiser (and Holy Roman Emperor) Leopold II (1747-1792). This miniature is surely a work of a court artist working in the late 18th century.
Technique: watercolor painting (round). One of author’s replicas of the well known portrait miniature painted in France ca. 1790. maximum EUR 500. LITTLE BOY. FRENCH REVOLUTION. ROYAL PORTRAIT. GROUP PORTRAIT.
Schidlof writes: «. Technique: watercolor painting (round). Creation Year: ca 1800. FEMALE PORTRAIT. YOUNG WOMAN.
His works of this period demonstrate a strong influence of English portraitists of the 18th century – Lawrence, Reynolds and Gainsborough. From Lawrence originates the «en-face» representation of faces with a sidewards glance and upper body facing in the opposite direction in three-quarters portraits.
Creator: Maximilien Lefebvre. Creation Year: ca 1790. Technique: watercolor on organic wafer (round). maximum EUR 500. FEMALE PORTRAIT. Nationality: French.