FRENCH SCHOOL Last quarter of the 18th century Surroundings of Louis - Marie Sicard dit Sicardi (1743 - 1825) Portrait of a young man wearing a short wig with powdered rollers, dressed in a waistcoat decorated with embroidery stitches, in a shirt and white tie, and blue frock coat. Oval miniature on ivory within a gilded metal border chased with foliage and flowers. H. 5.5 cm - W 4.7 cm

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