Sold for:
$296
$296
Framed Zograscope Tapestry, The Optical Viewer, after the 1791 painting by Louis-Leopold Boilly, depicting a young woman and child looking at prints through a zograscope, 29 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. Note: The woman depicted is Sebastienne Louise Gely, who at age 16 had just married the French revolutionary Georges Danton, his second wife. The boy in front of her is Danton's son by his first wife.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-06-02