Painted oval minature hand representing the portrait of a young boy wearing a dress officer, signed Marelle * Directoire period late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
This miniature is in good condition. It is under glass. It is signed lower right.
A note: light painting gaps on the lower arms of the boy, wear time, see photos.
We signed a second Marelle miniature for sale on this site.
active towards 1793-1801. miniature painter whose works are rare. Referenced in "The Miniature Painters" Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard).