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Painted in 1837 in Bordeaux (during the sitter's guest performance?), it is a rare miniature portrait of the celebrated French dancer and actress Celine Celeste (Mme Celeste). Our additional image provides her biography, as well as other portraits of her.

The author of this qualitative miniature, French artist Eugene Berny D'Ouville the Younger was a son of the very well known miniaturist Charles-Antoine-Claude Berny D'Ouville (1771-1856) and was called in France "Berny fils". He was a pupil of his father and lived, at first, in his native Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne region. He successfully debuted as an exponent in 1828.

Our additional image with clip from the dictionary "Les Peintres en miniature actifs en France 1650-1850" by Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard (published in spring of 2008) provides his newly-researched biography.

Provenance: private collection, France

Condition: good; few dot-like rubbings at 6:00 o'clock

Creation Year: 1837

Measurements: UNFRAMED:11,4x8,3cm/4,5x3,3in FRAMED: 16,2x13,2cm/6,4x5,2in

Object Type: Framed miniature

Style: Portrait Miniatures

Technique: watercolor on organic wafer

Inscription: signed: E. Berny; verso: dated 1837 and old legend

Creator: Eugene Berny D'Ouville

Creator Dates: active 1828-after 1851

Nationality: French

Themes:
ACTRESS
DANCER
OPERA
STAGE
THEATER
THEATRE
FEMALE PORTRAIT
PERFORMER
BIEDERMEIER

 

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