Miniature Portrait Profile by Charles Guillaume-Alexandre Bourgeois (1759-1832)
Made most handsome in a gold metal shield-shaped setting. Signed by the artist beneath the sitter’s collar.
Painted in gouache on card.
1 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in (exc suspension)
Charles Bourgeois was born in Amiens, in 1759, and began his career as a pupil of Johann Georg Wille (1715-1808) the renowned engraver of the 18th century. He was also a scientist; a physicist and chemist, using his knowledge to develop new paint pigments and as an optician he published his Manuel d’optique expérimentale à l’usage des artistes et des physiciens, Manual of Experimental Optics for the use of Artists and Physicists (1821).
Item code: 6087
£1200
