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This work was acquired in a Prague antique store. It is a round box made of papier-mâché with gilt-metal mounting; in its lid, it houses an exceedingly qualitative oil on tin miniature portrait of a young (aristocratic?) lady, whose dress and hairstyle suggest the early 1830s.
This miniatuer strongly resembles works of an Austrian artist who painted in oils and miniature (and who from the early 1830s was active in Bohemia (now Czech Republic)) - Alexander Clarot.
Alexander Clarot was a very renowned Austrian painter and miniaturist of the 1st half of the 19th century. Born in Vienna in 1796, he attended the Vienna Academy in 1810-1815, worked in Budapest in 1820s/1830s, was an art teacher of the Count Sandor family. Rumours say that he has been a pupil of the famous portrait miniaturist Henri Benner with whom Clarot supposedly stayed in Russia between 1814 and 1818. He lived in Vienna until 1836 and then moved to Prague. Being also known as illustrator, Alexander Clarot won special popularity for his oil, watercolor and miniature portraits depicting mainly the representatives of Austrian and Bohemian (Czech) noble families. Several works by him were lithographed by his brother Johann Baptist Clarot.
His works can be seen in museum collections in Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria.
Condition: good
Creation Year: 1830s
Measurements: UNFRAMED: 8.8 cm x 8.8 cm / 3.5" x 3.5" inches
FRAMED: 9.8 cm x 9.8 cm / 3.9" x 3.9" inches
Object Type: box with miniature
Style: Portrait miniatures
Technique: box: lacque with gilt metal mounting; miniature: oil on tin
Inscription: -
Creator: Alexander Clarot
Creator Dates: 1796 Vienna-1842 Vienna
Nationality: Austrian
Themes:
BIDERMEIER
AUSTRIAN
CZECH
BOHEMIAN
FEMALE PORTRAIT
YOUNG WOMAN
ARISTOCRAT
BEAUTY
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