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c. 1800 Original Artwork Pastel Profile Portrait, by Saint-Memin, Original Frame

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD
c. 1800 Original Artwork Pastel Profile Portrait, by Saint-Memin, Original Frame
Historic Americana
Charles Balthazar Julien Feveret de Saint-Memin Original Pastel Profile Portrait Artwork and Decoratively Framed
c. 1800 Federal Period, Pastel Profile Portrait Original Artwork on artist’s laid period paper, by Charles Balthazar Julien Feveret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852), Original Period Framed with Decorative Reverse-painted Glass Surround, Choice Extremely Fine.
Portrait in its original frame by Saint-Mémin, as evidenced and seen illustrated in the major reference work titled: “SAINT-MEMIN AND THE NEOCLASSICAL PROFILE PORTRAIT IN AMERICA” by Ellen G. Miles, published by the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. A beautifully presented original artwork, ready to hang on display. This outstanding quality Pastel Portrait measures about 8.5” x 12” (by sight), presented in its original period decorative gold painted wooden frame, measuring fully to 16” x 19.25” overall. The central Portrait Image shows a handsome young man with curly hair, wearing his fancy high quality period shirt and coat. This specific person portrayed is not identified or known to this cataloger. Its gold-gilt wooden frame is lightly scuffed showing expected wear from age. Saint-Mémin’s standard four ornate gold-gilt floral corner decorations are painted on the otherwise black reverse-painted glass, being the Portrait’s outer surround. This treatment significantly highlighting the lovely central figure’s Portrait which shows only some faint surface signs of being placed under glass. These large portraits by Saint-Mémin have price records well into five figures in years past. This impressive Saint-Mémin Portrait artwork is ready to hang on display.