The watch is illustrated in 'Les Heures de l?Amour', by ROLAND CARRERA, Editions Scriptar / Antiquorum Editions, 1993, p.74. A similar watch from the van Gauvenbergh Collection was sold as lot 568 by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, on May 30, 1989.The enamel scene is after 'Hector disant adieu à son fils Astyanax et à Andromaque' by Jean Restout (1692-1768) from the Musee des Beaux-Arts of Orleans.Jean Louis Richter (1766-1841). He learned his art under David-Etienne-Roux and Philippe-Samuel-Théodore Roux, going on to become a renowned enamel painter. He specialized in landscapes and particularly lake- and sea-scapes, often depicting ships in harbor or in full battle with Men-of-War. He also did portraits and hunting scenes. Although his signature, in script, appears on some of his work, more often than not his paintings are unsigned. They can, however, be clearly recognized as being hisy the style and the quality of the work. He applied his art principally to watch cases and snuff boxes and these were largely destined for the Chinese, Turkish, British and Italian markets.Richter, like other great enamel painters of the time, often found inspiration for his work from paintings or engravings by the artists then in fashion, such as Van der Myn (1684-1741), Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), John Francis Rigaud (1742-1820), John Hoffner (1748-1810) and Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), or even from particularly famous scenes such as the 'Abduction of Helen' from the engraving by Guido Reni (1575-1642), now in the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris.We thank Dr. Hans Boeckh for his help in researching and identifying enamels.