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Painted Silhouette - Pierre
Adolphe Hall attrib. , a fully painted
silhouette by Pierre Adolphe Hall (1739-93). Painted in black
watercolor, housed in period mahogany ogee frame, early if not original
bubble glass, wood backing. Some staining to paper at 11 o'clock, early
clear coat to frame.
Measurement: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 sight; 6
x 5" framed.
A paper label affixed to back:
"Mons. Adolphe. Miniature Painter
and Profilist to Louis Philippe King of the French".
Pierre Adolphe Hall (1739-93), was
born in Sweden, studied painting in Berlin in 1756, in Hamburg in 1758,
and in Stockholm from 1760 to 1766. By 1769 he was in Paris, where he
became an associate of the Academy. Although he was Swedish by origin,
Hall is considered to be the greatest French miniaturist of the second
half of the 18th century.
Painted Silhouette - Pierre Adolphe
Hall attrib.
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