Nicolas Francois Dun

Portrait of Lucien Murat as a boy Gouache on ivory. Bust portrait of the ten-year-old prince in red hussar uniform. Signed and dated "Dun 1813" in the right margin. Vertical shrinkage crack with break in frame at top. 6.0 x 4.7 cm. Original black marble frame with gilt bezel and ormulu mounts. Nicolas François Dun, 1813. Depicted is Napoléon Lucien Murat, Prince of Naples (1803 - 1778), also Prince of Pontecorvo between 1812 and 1815. He was the second son of Joachim Murat, King of Naples and his wife Caroline Bonaparte, and thus a nephew of Napoléon I. Born in Lunéville, the miniaturist Dun (1764 - 1832) worked for the royal court in Naples and portrayed the aristocracy of the Napoleonic era. Expert opinion Marketing license for ivory is available (DE-S-0506-23). Provenance Christie's Geneva auction on May 18, 1994, lot 336. Rhenish private collection. Literature For the artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, Vol. I, p. 224. This object was produced using materials for which a CITES permit is required for export to countries outside the EU. We would like to point out that a permit is not usually issued.