Marie-Victoire JAQUOTOT (Paris, 1772-Toulouse, 1855) - Lot 25

Marie-Victoire JAQUOTOT (Paris, 1772-Toulouse, 1855) Portrait of a woman with a lace collar Miniature on porcelain. Circa 1829. 10.3 x 8 cm. In its original Restauration-period gilded frame. Provenance: Norbert de Beaulieu Collection Bibliography: Catalogue of the exhibition Portraits of the Romantic Period, Domaine départemental de la Vallée-aux-Loups - Maison de Chateaubriand, 2014. Exhibition number 144 (as Marie-Victoire Jaquotot), reproduced on page 146. A renowned porcelain painter who worked at the Manufacture de Sèvres between 1801 and 1842, Marie-Victoire Jaquotot was appointed painter to King Louis XVIII's cabinet in 1817, and later porcelain painter. She was also a virtuoso pianist.