LOT DETAILS
Materials:
on ivory
Measurements:
3.98 in. (10.10 cm.) (height) by 3.19 in. (8.10 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed 'Saint.' (mid-left)
Condition:
gilt-metal mount with stamped surround
Exhibited:
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 391 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter).
Literature:
L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, II, p. 711 (as 'excellent'), p. 1037, no. 1041, illustrated IV, pl. 508, no. 1041.
Provenance:
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen, inv. no. MD/173; part I, Sotheby's, London, 28 March, 1977, lot 106.