Villair

Portrait of Joachim Murat King of Naples Gouache on ivory. Copy after a drawing by Jean Baptiste Isabey. Half-length portrait in gold-embroidered coronation regalia with collane of the Order of the Legion of Honor. Signed in capitals on the left edge "Villain pinx. 1813." Edge of ivory plaque minimally bumped. Chip to the glass. Diameter 7 cm. Gilt copper frame. Villain, France, 1813. Expert opinion Marketing license for ivory available (DE-S-0491-23). Provenance Sotheby's London auction "Fine Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Mr. Edward Grosvenor Paine" on June 22, 1981, lot 6. Rhenish private collection. Literature Cf. Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650 - 1850, Verona 2008, p. 525. The miniature recorded here with an identically described portrait after Isabey bears the signature "J.D. Villair 1813". 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.