Marquess shows it’s not just female Massot appeal
When it comes to the portraits of the Swiss artist Firmin Massot (1766- 1849), it tends to be depictions of young female sitters shown either full length of ‘jusqu’aux genoux’ (as far as the knees) – a format he often favoured – that attract the most attention commercially.
However, a picture of a seated Scottish nobleman offered recently in Wiltshire also demonstrated t…