High quality miniature on ivory by listed Sudenten German miniaturist Emil Simchen (b.1882) after famous painting "Self-portrait" by celebrated French classicist Jean - Baptiste Isabey ( 1767 Nancy - 1855 Paris), which situated in Louvre, Paris. The author of our masterfully miniature Emil Simchen was born in Kaltenbach/Bohemia, studied in the Arts&Crafts School in Teplitz/Schoenau, worked as glass painter in Strassbourg and Munich , later studied pastel and miniature technique and became acknowledge for his miniatures on ivory.

Literature: Artist lexicon by H.v.Vollmer, Leipzig, 1958.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: gouache on ivory, original hand-crafted and gold-plated wood frame.

Measurements: w. 4" x h 5 1/3 " (10 x 13,5 cm ), framed w 6 " x 7 1/8 " ( 15 x 18 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.