Lot 494
Jean-Urban Guérin (French, 1760-1836), "Lady with a Jeweled Headdress", miniature watercolor on ivory, signed lower right, old period inscription en verso, 3 1/2 in. x 3 in., in an attractive gilt frame. Note: The son of an engraver, Guérin was a popular and successful miniaturist who was equally admired by the French Court of Louis XVI and the Republic of Napoleon Bonaparte. Born in Strasbourg, Guérin spent most of his life in Paris, fleeing briefly during the Terror to join the army of Louis Desaix. His sitters included such luminaries as Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, Marie Antoinette, Talleyrand, Empress Josephine, and Napoleon. Reference: Bénézit. Dictionnaire des Peintres, Librairie Grund, 1976, vol. V, p. 271.
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