Jean (Juan) BAUZIL (Palma de Majorca, 1776 - Madrid, 1820). Portrait of "M. de Guéroust" in three-quarter view on the left in a three-color suit (blue-white-red), with powdered hair. Miniature on ivory*. Signed on the left : Bauzil Diameter : 6 cm In a blackened wood rect. frame with gilded brass visor. On the back, typewritten identification. Gross weight : 133,4 gr Provenance : Remained in the Guéroust family, then by succession. Student of the Academy of Toulouse where he exhibited in 1784-1789, Bauzil worked in Paris during the Revolution and exhibited at the Salon of 1793. He then had a successful career in Spain where he was appointed "pintor de Camara" by King Charles IV in 1797, and confirmed in this position by King Ferdinand VII in 1815. According to the regulation that came into force on January 19, 2022, intra-European Union trade in ivory is subject to obtaining a CIC certificate. Re-exportation outside the European Union is prohibited.