Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 238
Unsigned - Cabinet miniature; enamel
HKD 25,000 - 30,000
USD 3,300 - 3,900 / EUR 3,000 - 3,600 / CHF 3,300 - 3,900
Enamel, horizontal oval-shaped, cabinet miniature. Polychrome painting on enamel on gold attributable to Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), Geneva, showing three horsemen coming out of a country tavern, one of them seems quite drunk and in trouble with the waitress; the painting is in the style of 17th century Dutch genre scenes. On the reverse, one of the master mark of Jean Georges Rémond (or Reymond; active from 1783 to circa 1815-1820), Geneva.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-13 |
Good Slightly damaged |
Brand Unsigned, Geneva
Year circa 1790-1800
Material enamel
Height 60.5 mm.
Width 85.5 mm.
Notes
This enamelled plate is most likely originally mounted on a snuffbox. Because of its quality, it’s definitely made in Geneva but is difficult to attribute this scene to one of the painters then active in this city.
The best known of whom are at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century: Jean-Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819), Henri-Albert Adam (1766-1820), Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), Isaac Adam (1768-1841), Aimé-Julien Troll (1781-1852) and Jean-François Victor Dupont (1785-1863).
We lean towards the third of them, Richter, reinforced by the fact that certain details in the painting are typical of his manner.