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JEAN-BAPTISTE-JACQUES AUGUSTIN (SAINT-DIE-DES- LITERATURE:
VOSGES 1759-1832 PARIS) B. Pappe, Jean-Baptiste Jacques Augustin, 1759-1832.Une Nouvelle excellence
dan l’art du portrait en miniature, Verona, 2015, no. 209, ill.
Portrait of a seated lady wearing a feathered hat
with illegible inscription (upper right) The sitter of this imposing portrait has been identified as Anne-Josèphe
black chalk, stumping, heightened with white Théroigne de Méricourt (1762-1817), who in some of her portraits wears a hat
22 x 16√ in. (55.9 x 43 cm) and otfit, inspired by male fashion, similar to the one seen here. An influential
$30,000-40,000 figure during the French Revolution and an eloquent speaker, she was an
advocate for female membership in revolutionary clubs and delivered fiery
PROVENANCE:
orations before the National Assembly and in the streets of Paris. Although
Pauline Augustin, née du Cruet (1781-1865), Paris; by descent to her niece
Augustin was foremost active as a miniaturist, he often executed large chalk
Justine-Henriette de La Fontaine de Coincy, née de Bouhebert; by descent to
drawings as preparatory works. A comparable drawing of approximately the
her grand-daughter
same size and with the same provenance, was in the sale Christie’s, Monaco,
Simone de La Fontaine de Coincy, Marquise de Landes d’Aussac, Baronne de
Saint-Palais (1884-1982). 20 June 1992, lot 280.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 30 January 1998, lot 335.
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