Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789)

Portrait of James Hamilton, second Earl of Clanbrassil

Details

Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789)
Portrait of James Hamilton, second Earl of Clanbrassil
signed, dated, and inscribed (strengthened) 'James Earl of Clanbrassil J E Liotard 1773'
pastel
636 x 510 mm.

Provenance

S.B. Hog; Sotheby's, London, 16 May 1928, lot 41 (to Newton).
With Pardo Gallery, Paris.

Literature

R. Loche and M. Roethlisberger, L'opera completa di Liotard, Milan, 1978, no. 293, illustrated.

Lot Essay

This pastel dates from Liotard's last visit to England in 1773 and 1774. Clanbrassil commissioned from Liotard another portrait in 1774, and one of his wife the Countess, both offered at Christie's, 6 July 1993, lot 184. This is probably a ricordo kept by Liotard in his studio.

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