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A young gentleman, in armour, white lawn collar, long curling light brown hair; together with Rachel, Countess of Middlesex (1613-1680), in lace-bordered off-the-shoulder yellow dress, drop-pearl and jewelled pendant fastened at corsage, pearl necklace, her dark brown hair dressed in ringlets (English School, 19th Century)
Details
RICHARD GIBSON (BRITISH, 1615-1690)
A young gentleman, in armour, white lawn collar, long curling light brown hair; together with Rachel, Countess of Middlesex (1613-1680), in lace-bordered off-the-shoulder yellow dress, drop-pearl and jewelled pendant fastened at corsage, pearl necklace, her dark brown hair dressed in ringlets (English School, 19th Century)
on vellum and on card, respectively
ovals, 1 5/16 in. (33 mm.), silver frame, and 2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting (2)
A young gentleman, in armour, white lawn collar, long curling light brown hair; together with Rachel, Countess of Middlesex (1613-1680), in lace-bordered off-the-shoulder yellow dress, drop-pearl and jewelled pendant fastened at corsage, pearl necklace, her dark brown hair dressed in ringlets (English School, 19th Century)
on vellum and on card, respectively
ovals, 1 5/16 in. (33 mm.), silver frame, and 2 9/16 in. (65 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting (2)
Provenance
The lady:
Henry Joseph Pfungst (c. 1843-1917) Collection; Christie's, London, 14 June 1917, lot 65 (52 gns. to Duits).
Henry Joseph Pfungst (c. 1843-1917) Collection; Christie's, London, 14 June 1917, lot 65 (52 gns. to Duits).
Literature
The lady:
J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, Supplement, p. 92, no. 18 (as by David des Granges).
Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures lent in 1914-15 by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq., F.S.A., London, 1915, no. 39 (as 'artist unknown').
J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, Supplement, p. 92, no. 18 (as by David des Granges).
Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures lent in 1914-15 by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq., F.S.A., London, 1915, no. 39 (as 'artist unknown').
Exhibited
The lady:
Brussels, Hôtel du Baron Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 113 (as by David des Granges), lent by Henry J. Pfungst.
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1914-1915, no. 39, lent by Henry J. Pfungst.
Brussels, Hôtel du Baron Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 113 (as by David des Granges), lent by Henry J. Pfungst.
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1914-1915, no. 39, lent by Henry J. Pfungst.
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