An Important Portrait Miniature of a young Lady, facing left in brown dress with blue collar and sash, white fichu tied at corsage, her right hand leaning over the back of a chair holding a book between her fingers, powdered curling hair
Details
JOHN SMART (1742/43-1811)
An Important Portrait Miniature of a young Lady, facing left in brown dress with blue collar and sash, white fichu tied at corsage, her right hand leaning over the back of a chair holding a book between her fingers, powdered curling hair
signed with initials and dated ' J S 1787 I' (lower left)
oval, 2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with rose-cut diamond border
An Important Portrait Miniature of a young Lady, facing left in brown dress with blue collar and sash, white fichu tied at corsage, her right hand leaning over the back of a chair holding a book between her fingers, powdered curling hair
signed with initials and dated ' J S 1787 I' (lower left)
oval, 2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with rose-cut diamond border
Provenance
Charles J. Wertheimer; (+) Christie's, London, 8-19 May 1912, lot 47 (71gns. to Rothes).
Baron Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1843-1940), Frankfurt/Main; (+) Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10-11 March 1950, lot 164.
Baron Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1843-1940), Frankfurt/Main; (+) Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10-11 March 1950, lot 164.
Literature
G. C. Williamons, The History of Portrati Miniatures, London, 1904, II, illustrated pl. LXX.
A. Mason, 'Small Wonders', Interiors, October 1982, illustrated in colour p. 44.
A. Mason, 'Small Wonders', Interiors, October 1982, illustrated in colour p. 44.