LOUIS AMI ARLAUD-JURINE

(1751-1829)

Jeanne de Chapeaurouge (1800-1883)

1818

Signed right: L. Arlaud.  '

Watercolor and gouache, round, 8.5 cm.

Gilded circle metal mount in black wood frame, 15 x 14 cm.

Beautiful miniature signed lower right: L. Arlaud.

This beautiful portrait is identified on the back: “Jeanne de Chapeaurouge, F. de J. Fr. Fr. De Stoutz ”. She is Jeanne de Chapeaurouge (1800-1883) wife of Jean-François-Frédéric de Stoutz (1786-1871) Judge at the Court of Geneva.

The young woman, portrayed in the year of her marriage, belongs to one of the most prominent families in Geneva.

Mme Chapeaurouge sits ¾ to the right and wears a white dress with a red shawl.

Louis-Ami Arlaud-Jurine was a grandnephew of the famous Jacque Antoine Arlaud. He studied in Geneva under Liotard, and under Vien in Paris. In 1802, after 12-year stay in London, where he produced numerous portraits of the British aristocracy, Arlaud-Jurine returned to Geneva. He mainly painted miniature on ivory and enamels, but was also successful in oils, pastels, and watercolors. His account books show that he painted 1554 miniatures.

Price:  4600€

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Schidlof, Bénézit, Du Pasquier, Lespinasse, Blattel, Darmon, Foster, Thème and Becker, Lemoine Bouchard, Bernd Pappe

MUSEUMS:

Wallace coll., London; Royal Pavilion, Brighton; coll. of the Duke of Northumberland; Museum of Watchmaking and Emaillery, Geneva; Palazzo Madama, Torino; Museum Briner und Kern, Winterthur; Historical Museum, Lausanne; Nationalmuseum Stockholm, coll. Tansey, Celle; GO; Cognacq-Jay, Paris; Coll IRKV.