Hand-painted oval miniature representing the portrait of a young man in officer's clothes, attributed to Mrs. Vve Lallemand *, in a gilded brass frame decorated with a knot on the top, from the 19th century.

This miniature is in good condition and is of remarkable quality. It is not signed but can be attributed to Adèle Lallemand (we are selling two signed miniatures, from the same provenance and of the same quality).

A note: tiny wear on the right side of the miniature, slight time, especially on the brass frame, see photos.

We put other Lallemand miniatures for sale on this site.

* Lallemand or The German Adèle (1807-after 1870):

Painter and miniature painter. Born in Le Corbeiller, she was a pupil of Jean-Hilaire Belloc and worked in Paris. She must have married around 1839 or 1840 because, from 1835 to 1838, she exhibited at the Salon under her maiden name, and from 1840 to 1870, under her married name. She took to miniature quite late, perhaps not before 1857, and also painted flowers in watercolour. One of her rare known portraits of her, kept at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, has presence thanks to an energetic gaze and attests to her talent in the rendering of fabrics. It is signed Mrs. V. Lallemand, for "widow Lallemand". (Referenced in "The painters in miniature" by Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard).

Frame : 10.3cm x 15.3cm
Miniature : 8.5cm x 11cm

Reference: 940 72