$300
Continental School, late 19th/ early 20th century. A collection of three round diminutive portraits on bone depicting Marie Antoinette, an 18th century Queen of France, comprising a larger painting housed in a faux tortoise shell frame and depicting the figure at bust length on a dark background with a flower at her chest, indistinguishably signed; a small round portrait depicting the figure at bust length with a flower adorned hat on her powdered wig, signed "Petit"; and a round portrait depicting the figure in profile with a white bonnet to hear powdered wig, signed "Paulin". Largest portrait approximate diameter 4.125". Provenance: From the Estate of Mary L. Haugk, Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-10-17
