Frame with three miniatures. 19th century. Rectangular frame with a textile background displaying three oval miniatures with female portraits, enhanced with gilt bronze frames (the side ones with interlaced borders, the central one crowned). On the back, there are two rings at the top for hanging the piece on a wall. Starting from the left and identified by small metal signs with black lettering, we have “Madame Elisabeth” (Elizabeth of France [1764-1794] was sister of Louis XVI and eldest daughter of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Duchess Maria Josepha of Saxony), “Marie Antoinette” (Marie Antoinette [1755-1793], Archduchess of Austria and Queen of France, was daughter of Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa), and “Madame Lebrun” (Louise-Elisabeth Vigeé LeBrun [1755-1842], was painter to Queen Marie Antoinette and a member of the French Academy from 1783). The three paintings, signed “Lebrun,” are inspired by 17th-century works. In the same order as before: a portrait painted by Vigée LeBrun around 1782 (Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, inv. mv 8143); a portrait of Marie Antoinette with roses painted by Vigée LeBrun in 1783 (Versailles, Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, inv. 3063); this miniature, made from a print, is a copy of Vigée LeBrun’s self-portrait painted in 1782 and currently in the National Gallery, London (NG1653). It is worth noting that the Prado Museum (Madrid) holds a similar composition to this one, both in the miniatures and in the frame (inventory O000657, O000658, and O000659).
· Size: 41,5x1,5x22,5 cms.
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Ref.: ZF1151
