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NICOLAS JACQUES (1780/1844)

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NICOLAS JACQUES (1780/1844)

Oval portrait on ivory depicting a young
quality man dressed in a blue frock
navy and white tie.
Signed right.

7.2 x 5.6 cm
Under glass circled in brass and black velvet
in a precious bronze frame richly
decorated with rockeries, flower friezes and
putti playing music.

6 x 11.5 cm

Miniatures of this painter are kept in the Museum of the Army, Legion, Honour, Napoleon and Arenenberg Castle in Switzerland.
The Comédie française also has them, as he painted portraits of many actresses in his time.