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拍品专文
Despite his Swedish origins, Pierre-Adolphe Hall (1739-1793) is considered the greatest French miniaturist of the second half of the 18th Century (Leo R. Schidlof, La miniature en Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 339). He arrived in Paris in 1766 and, in 1769, was admitted at the Académie Royale de Peinture. The present miniature is a typical and fine example of his early years when Peintre de cabinet du Roi.
Pierre-François Drais (1726-1788) was a pupil of one of his Ducrollay cousins, who was a Parisian master goldsmith (see lots 93 and 105). He struck his mark in 1763 and was soon employed by the service of the Menus Plaisirs du Roi. Thus he was commissioned the famous gold box made for the marriage of the Comte d'Artois to Princess Marie-Thérèse of Savoy. As a result, Drais became bijoutier du Roi and had among his clients Madame du Barry and, later, King Louis XVI. For other boxes by his hand, see lots 85 and 87.
Pierre-François Drais (1726-1788) was a pupil of one of his Ducrollay cousins, who was a Parisian master goldsmith (see lots 93 and 105). He struck his mark in 1763 and was soon employed by the service of the Menus Plaisirs du Roi. Thus he was commissioned the famous gold box made for the marriage of the Comte d'Artois to Princess Marie-Thérèse of Savoy. As a result, Drais became bijoutier du Roi and had among his clients Madame du Barry and, later, King Louis XVI. For other boxes by his hand, see lots 85 and 87.