The Property of
A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
A Fine Portrait Miniature of a young Lady, facing left in low-cut pearl-bordered yellow bodice with mauve bow, fur-bordered mauve dress with jewelled pearl clasp and embroidered pointed lace collar, white ostrich feather in pink-powdered curly hair
Details
JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
A Fine Portrait Miniature of a young Lady, facing left in low-cut pearl-bordered yellow bodice with mauve bow, fur-bordered mauve dress with jewelled pearl clasp and embroidered pointed lace collar, white ostrich feather in pink-powdered curly hair
signed with initials and dated 'J. S. 1785.' (lower left)
oval, 2 1/8in. (54mm.) high, diamond-edged silver frame
A Fine Portrait Miniature of a young Lady, facing left in low-cut pearl-bordered yellow bodice with mauve bow, fur-bordered mauve dress with jewelled pearl clasp and embroidered pointed lace collar, white ostrich feather in pink-powdered curly hair
signed with initials and dated 'J. S. 1785.' (lower left)
oval, 2 1/8in. (54mm.) high, diamond-edged silver frame
Provenance
S. J. Phillips, London (in 1932).
The Private Museum and Private Collection of the Late W. J. R. Dreesmann, Esq., Amsterdam, sold Amsterdam, Mensing at Frederik Muller & Co., 22-25 March 1960, lot 540 (5,000 Dutch Guilders).
The Private Museum and Private Collection of the Late W. J. R. Dreesmann, Esq., Amsterdam, sold Amsterdam, Mensing at Frederik Muller & Co., 22-25 March 1960, lot 540 (5,000 Dutch Guilders).
Exhibited
London, Christie's, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1932, no. 387, lent by S. J. Phillips.