A young gentleman, in gilt-studded and gilt-bordered armour with red lining, white cravat, high-piled long powdered wig; with gold border

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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1700
A young gentleman, in gilt-studded and gilt-bordered armour with red lining, white cravat, high-piled long powdered wig; with gold border
enamel on gold
oval, 15/16 in. (24 mm.) high, turned ebonized wood frame

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Lot Essay

A very similar enamel of identical size, by the same hand, erroneously described as a portrait of the 1st Duke of Marlborough by Samuel Blesendorf, is illustrated in Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Catalogue of foreign paintings, drawings, miniatures [...], Liverpool, 1983, p. 225.

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