John Smart (British, 1741-1811)

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John Smart (British, 1741-1811)

Details

John Smart (British, 1741-1811)
A young girl, possibly a granddaughter of the artist, in dress with blue sash
Watercolour and gouache on card
Oval, 115 mm. high, rectangular giltwood and gesso frame with tied ribbon surmount, the reverse with gilder’s trade label W. Knöll, Zurich.

Provenance

Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 23 November 1961, lot 740.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0681 and 556).

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Lot Essay

In 1967 Daphne Foskett saw this portrait and she suggested the sitter may be John Smart’s daughter, Anna-Maria Woolf (1766-1836). Based on the apparent age of the sitter and date of execution, it is more likely to be a child of Anna-Maria (1766-1836) and Robert Woolf (1755-1836). Smart produced a few depictions of his grandchildren including a watercolour of Master Robert Woolf (1786-1796), in 1796, and portraits of Anna Sophia Woolf, Elizabeth Ann Woolf and Maria Woolf.

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