PIERRE-ADOLPHE HALL (1739-1793)

A young Gentleman, facing left in pale green silk coat with silver buttons, white waistcoat and cravat, powdered wig en queue, holding a book in his right hand, seated in a purple upholstered chair, beside a bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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PIERRE-ADOLPHE HALL (1739-1793)
A young Gentleman, facing left in pale green silk coat with silver buttons, white waistcoat and cravat, powdered wig en queue, holding a book in his right hand, seated in a purple upholstered chair, beside a bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
signed and dated 'hall 1780' (lower right)
oval, 3 1/8 in. (78 mm.) high, fine ormolu frame

拍品专文

The present miniature is an interesting document to the cult devoted to Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) in pre-Revolutionary France. A political philosopher, educationist and author, he had become by the time of his death, the personification of enlightenment under Louis XV and Louis XVI.