Miniature On Ivory Signed And Dated Alfred Vernet 1851 Portrait Of A Stylish Man

Portrait of an elegant man sporting a beard and mustache, signed and dated 1851 Rare miniature hand of Alfred Vernet, miniaturist, playwright and actor like his father, Jules Vernet. Although remarkably talented and precise, miniature painter enjoyed greater fame as a comedian, the kind of miniature while declining in favor of photography. Alfred Vernet had also prosaically renounce kind of miniature in which he excelled to invest in vogue artistic medium of photography. This miniature, made in 1851, is therefore one of the last realistic portraits also Successful in this narrow size demanding pictorial category in itself. In admirable finesse, it represents a man wearing long beard and mustache, dressed elegantly in a white shirt, lees of wine tie and black jacket. Characteristic pose, his green eyes intently fixed a point to the left obliquely as the painter of the viewer. Signature and date in gold letters A. Vernet MDCCCLI wooden frame blackened brass visor - shine the glass in the lower left side and irrelevant. A View: 7.5 x 6.2 cm - Framed: 15.4 x 17.4 cm
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