Cécile VILLENEUVE, née Colombet (1824-1901) Portrait of a little girl with her cat Oval miniature on ivory*. Signed and dated on the left: c. Colombet -1843 Size : 8 x 6.5 cm Rect. frame in blackened wood Gross weight : 146,2 gr This is the first known signed and dated miniature of Cécile Colombet, realized at the age of 19, before her entry the following year in the workshop of Meuret. 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 forbidden.