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Elizabeth Riveley, facing right in white dress with blue laced bodice, fur-bordered white surcoat, drop pearl earring, pearls in her upswept dark hair
Details
ANDREAS HENRY GROTH (fl. c. 1739-1753)
Elizabeth Riveley, facing right in white dress with blue laced bodice, fur-bordered white surcoat, drop pearl earring, pearls in her upswept dark hair
signed with initial 'G' (lower right) and signed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Eliz:th Riveley : 1753. AGroth Painter to the King Pin'
enamel
oval, 1.13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, silver-gilt mount with reeded border
Elizabeth Riveley, facing right in white dress with blue laced bodice, fur-bordered white surcoat, drop pearl earring, pearls in her upswept dark hair
signed with initial 'G' (lower right) and signed and dated on the counter-enamel 'Eliz:
enamel
oval, 1.13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, silver-gilt mount with reeded border
Provenance
The Lord Redesdale; Christie's, London, 21 March, 1978, lot 62 (£1,000).
Literature
E. E. Simmons, 'Deutsche Einflsse in der englischen Porträtminiaturmalerei des 18. Jahrhunderts', Weltkunst, 22, 15 November 1978, illustrated p. 2687.
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 179, p. 171 ('So little is known about this artist that this miniature is of great documentary importance'), illustrated pl. 39F and fig. 25.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 179 (praised as 'very important'), illustrated p. 171, pl. 39F and fig. 25.
D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 179, p. 171 ('So little is known about this artist that this miniature is of great documentary importance'), illustrated pl. 39F and fig. 25.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 179 (praised as 'very important'), illustrated p. 171, pl. 39F and fig. 25.