14. Jean Joseph Bernard, called Bernard de Paris (1740 - 1809). Calligraphic profile portrait of Mme. Ginguené. The portrait in pen and black ink, the inscription and border in brown ink.
17 x 12 1/2 inches (43 x 32 cm).
Inscribed in lower margin "Presente Au Citoyen Ginguené" and signed "Par Bernard Membre du Lycee des Arte Rue des Moulins."
Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 17 July 1990, lot 154; The Estate of Ethelbert Warfield.
Jean Joseph Bernard was born in Luneville and prospered as a calligrapher in Paris where he beame well known for his portraits of artists, writers and nobility. His 1781 portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are in the museum in Luneville and an album of portrait drawings is in the Musee Carnevalet, Paris.
est. $900 – $1200
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