EXCEPTIONAL SET OF MINIATURES GIVEN BY SOVEREIGNS... - Lot 188 - Osenat

EXCEPTIONAL SET OF MINIATURES GIVEN BY SOVEREIGNS AND PRINCES TO HUGUES BERNARD MARET, DUC OF BASSANO MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Presented in an ormolu frame with laurel leaves and rosettes. H : 40.5 - W :55 cm A- JOSEPH KREUTZINGER (1757-1829), ENTOURAGE OF François I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835). Oval miniature, under glass, circled with gilded brass. B.E. Ht : 5 cm -L :4 cm B- CARLO RESTALLINO (1776-1864), ATTRIBUTED TO Maximilian-Joseph, King of Bavaria, aged. (1765-1825) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilded brass. B.E. (small cracks and stains) Ht : 6,3 cm L : 3,8 cm C- DOMENICO BOSSI (1767-1853) Alexander I, Emperor of Russia (1777-1825) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilt brass. Trace of signature B.E. (small stains) Ht : cm 5,5 cm L : cm 4,5 cm D- EARLY 19th CENTURY GERMAN SCHOOL Charles-Frederic, Grand Duke of Baden (1728-1811) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilt brass. Ribbon with inscription at the bottom. B.E. Ht : 5,5 cm - L :3,5 cm E- CARLO RESTALLINO (1776-1864), ATTRIBUTED TO Maximilian-Joseph, king of Bavaria (1765-1825) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilt brass. B.E. Ht : 4,5 cm - L: 3 cm F- EARLY 19th CENTURY GERMAN SCHOOL Frederick-Augustus I, king of Saxony (1763-1827) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilt brass. Ribbon with inscription at the bottom. B.E. Ht : 4,5 cm - L : 3,5 cm G- DANIEL SAINT (1778-1847) Louis, king of Holland (1778-1846) Oval miniature, signed in the middle right " Saint " B.E. (small stains and cracks) Ht : 6 cm - L : 4 cm H- JACOB AXEL GILLBERG (1769-1845) Charles XIII, king of Sweden (1748-1818) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilt brass. Unsigned. B.E. Ht :6 cm - L : 4,5 cm I- FERDINAND QUAGLIA (1780-1853) Ferdinand III, grand duke of Tuscany (1769-1824) Oval miniature, signed on the lower left " Quaglia ". B.E. Ht :6 cm - L : 3,5 cm J- GUILLAUME GUILLON-LETHIÈRE (1760-1832), ENTOURAGE OF Elisa Baciocchi, Gran duchess of Tuscany (1777-1820) Oval miniature, under glass, encircled with gilded brass. B.E. (unstained) Ht : 5 cm - L : 3,5 cm K- EARLY 19th CENTURY AUSTRIAN SCHOOL Charles, Archduke of Austria (1771-1841) Oval miniature. B.E. Ht : cm 4 - L?: cm 3 L- MICHEL MARTIN DRÖLLING, ATTRIBUTED TO Eugène de Beauharnais, viceroy of Italy (1781-1824) Oval miniature, trace of signature " D' ' ' " at the bottom right. Missing ribbon with inscription at the bottom " Eugène de Beauharnais, viceroy of Italy " B.E. (wear and scratches) Ht: 5 cm - L: 3,5 cm M- EARLY 19th CENTURY ITALIAN SCHOOL Pauline, Princess Borghese (1780-1825) Oval miniature. B.E. Ht: 3 cm - L: 2,5 cm N- EARLY 19th CENTURY GERMAN SCHOOL Frederick Augustus I, king of Saxony (1763-1827) Oval miniature. B.E. Ht: 3 cm - L: 2,5 cm O- FERDINAND QUALGLIA (1780-1853) Louis II, king of Etruria from 1803 to 1807 (1799-1883) Oval miniature, signed "Quaglia" at the bottom right. B.E. Ht: 6,2 cm - L: 4,2 cm P- FRIEDRICH CARL GREÖGER OR GROEGER (1766-1838), ATTRIBUTED TO Frederick III (Christian) of Denmark (1768-1839) Oval miniature B.E. Ht: 5 cm - L: 3 cm Q- JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY (1767-1855) Jerome, king of Westphalia (1784-1860) Oval miniature, signed in the middle right "Isabey". B.E. Ht : 5,5 cm - L : 3,5 cm R- CHRISTIAN TANGERMANN (1760- AFTER 1830) Fréderic Guillaume III, king of Prussia (1770-1840) Oval miniature, signed " C. T." on the lower right. T.B.E. Ht : 5 cm - L : 3 cm S- JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY (1767-1855), AFTER Charles, Grand Duke of Bale (1728-1811) Oval miniature. B.E. Ht : 5,2 cm - L: 3 cm T- LOUIS-FRANÇOIS AUBRY (1770-1850) Jerome, king of Westphalia (1784-1860) Oval miniature, signed in the middle left. B.E. Ht :5,3 cm - L: 2,8 cm U- ANTON GRAFF (1736-1813), ATTRIBUTED TO Frederick-Augustus, I, king of Saxony (1763-1827) Oval miniature. Ribbon with inscription at the bottom. B.E. Ht: 5 cm - L: 3 cm Provenance: Collection Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duke of Bassano Then descent to our days. Biography: Hugues Bernard MARET, 1st Duke of Bassano (1763-1839) Son of Hugues Maret, a doctor whose family had been established in Dijon for a long time, and younger brother of Jean Philibert, engineer of bridges and roads, Hugues-Bernard was a lawyer at the Burgundy Parliament, then settled in Paris in 1788. Fascinated by the events of the beginning of the Revolution, he followed with attention the debates of the Constituent Assembly, of which he published, with his colleague Étienne Mejan, an objective summary under the name of Bulletin de l'Assemblée which was inserted in Le Moniteur universel. A Jacobin, he was one of the founders of the Club des Feuillants. In July 1793, he was appointed ambassador to Naples. Prisoner in Austria, he was exchanged for Marie-Thérèse of France, daughter of Louis XVI. Negotiator in Lille with Great Britain, he was sidelined until Napoleon Bonaparte's return from Egypt. Appointed Secretary of State under the Consulate, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1811 to 1813, Napoleon I made him Count of the Empire on May 3, 1809,