A young lady by Jean Urbain Guérin
set in a bloodstone locket,
 signed, circa 1805.

Guérin's exceptional works are now exceedingly rare.

Set in the original reeded gold locket with faceted green bloodstones on either side, signed right edge, J.Guérin.

1 1/8 inches (2.9 cm) high.

Jean Urbain Guérin (1760-1836), a favorite of Marie-Antoinette, was one of the finest miniaturists of his time. Banished for his political views, Guérin returned to Paris during the Consulate, quickly  gaining the recognition of Napoleon, whose portrait he exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1812.  Guérin's miniature of General Kléber, considered one of the great masterpieces of the miniature art, is in the collection of the Louvre.