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Inserted into the lid of a round box, it is only the second miniature known today, signed "Le Boeuf" - the other was sold at auction house "Tajan", Paris, on 10 April 2013 (as lot 115): It was a portrait of a lady from the early 1780s.

We suppose both works are the earliest creations of then very young (he was born in 1770) French artist Jules César Hilaire Leboeuf marquis de Valdahon. He was born in 1770 in Dole, and died in 1847 in Moneteau (see for example our web #40360)

Provenance: antique store in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Frances

Condition: fairly good to fair

Creation Year: ca 1785

Measurements: UNFRAMED: 6.0 cm x 6.0 cm / 2.4" x 2.4" inches
                                 FRAMED: 6.6 cm x 6.6 cm / 2.6" x 2.6" inches

Object Type: Framed miniature

Style: Portrait Miniatures

Technique: miniature: watercolor painting

Inscription: -

Creator: Le Boeuf (Le Boeuf de Valdahon?)

Creator Dates: was active around-1785

Nationality: French

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