Lot Essay
The Moroccan Ambasador, Mohammed Ohadu, was in London from November 1681 until July 1682.
George Vertue attended the sale of Michael Rosse, the artist's widower in 1723 and commented on this drawing in a square.8.Inch by 6. the picture of a Morrocco Embassador half length by ye life. done by Mrs Rosse. dated 1682. his name and title above she painted this picture at the same time as Kneller painted him in oyl he sitting to them both at once. (Vertue's Notebooks, op.cit.).
Susan Rosse was the daughter of Richard Gibson the dwarf and miniature painter and was his pupil. As Vertue comments her first manner she learnt of her father, but being inamoured with Cooper's limnings she studied and copied them to perfection. One of the largest groups of Susan Rosse's work is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. This was originally known as 'Samuel Cooper's Pocket-Book', but recent research has revealed that only four miniatures are in fact by Cooper, nine of the others being not only by Rosse but also mainly of her family, including two probable self-portraits.
A large number of miniatures by Susan Rosse remained in the collection of her widower, Michael Rosse and thirty-two were included in his sale after her death. The sale also included eleven miniatures by Richard Gibson and ten by Samuel Cooper.
In addition to the miniatures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, there are examples of her work in the collections of Her Majesty the Queen, the Duke of Portland and the Duke of Buccleuch.
For further information see G. Reynolds, English Portrait Miniatures, Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp.78-80.
George Vertue attended the sale of Michael Rosse, the artist's widower in 1723 and commented on this drawing in a square.8.Inch by 6. the picture of a Morrocco Embassador half length by ye life. done by Mrs Rosse. dated 1682. his name and title above she painted this picture at the same time as Kneller painted him in oyl he sitting to them both at once. (Vertue's Notebooks, op.cit.).
Susan Rosse was the daughter of Richard Gibson the dwarf and miniature painter and was his pupil. As Vertue comments her first manner she learnt of her father, but being inamoured with Cooper's limnings she studied and copied them to perfection. One of the largest groups of Susan Rosse's work is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. This was originally known as 'Samuel Cooper's Pocket-Book', but recent research has revealed that only four miniatures are in fact by Cooper, nine of the others being not only by Rosse but also mainly of her family, including two probable self-portraits.
A large number of miniatures by Susan Rosse remained in the collection of her widower, Michael Rosse and thirty-two were included in his sale after her death. The sale also included eleven miniatures by Richard Gibson and ten by Samuel Cooper.
In addition to the miniatures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, there are examples of her work in the collections of Her Majesty the Queen, the Duke of Portland and the Duke of Buccleuch.
For further information see G. Reynolds, English Portrait Miniatures, Cambridge University Press, 1988, pp.78-80.