Félix DELMONT (Paris, 1794 - Paris, 1867). Portrait of Countess Marie du Puget née Sanson (1832-1873) seen as a little girl at the age of 7, half front in a white pleated dress, her face framed by two blue bows holding her curly hair. Oval miniature on ivory*. Size: on view 7.5 x 6.3 cm Signed and dated on the reverse: "F. Delmont / July 1839 Handwritten identification under the signature. Veneer frame with a large gilded brass visor with palmettes and heart stripes motifs (small missing parts in the veneer). Gross weight : 186 gr This artist regularly exhibited miniatures at the Paris Salon from 1831 to 1838 and had a studio at the Palais-Royal. In 1860, he made again the portrait of the Empress Eugenie. He is represented in the Museum Briner und Kern, Winterthur, Switzerland. Attached: A portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, miniature on ivory*, rect. à vue 6,3 x 5,3 cm, rect. wooden frame. Gross weight : 77 gr. According to the regulation that came into force on January 19, 2022, the intra-European Union trade of ivory is subject to obtaining a CIC certificate. Re-exportation outside the European Union is forbidden.