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A young gentleman called Duke of Monmouth, facing left in gold-figured cloak, white lace cravat, full bottomed wig
Details
CIRCLE OF PETER CROSSE
A young gentleman called Duke of Monmouth, facing left in gold-figured cloak, white lace cravat, full bottomed wig
oil on copper
oval, 3¼ in. (82 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting
A young gentleman called Duke of Monmouth, facing left in gold-figured cloak, white lace cravat, full bottomed wig
oil on copper
oval, 3¼ in. (82 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting
Provenance
Henry J. Pfungst (in 1912 and 1915); sale, Christie's, London, 14 June 1917, lot 33 (34gns. to Duits).
Literature
J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, Supplement, p. 86, no. 53 (as by Lawrence Crosse).
Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures lent in 1914-15 by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq., F.S.A., London, 1915, p. 7, no. 1 ('A gentleman; called The Duke of Monmouth. Attributed conjecturally to L. Crosse [but no signed work in oil by that artist is known]').
Victoria and Albert Museum. Catalogue of a Collection of Miniatures lent in 1914-15 by Henry J. Pfungst, Esq., F.S.A., London, 1915, p. 7, no. 1 ('A gentleman; called The Duke of Monmouth. Attributed conjecturally to L. Crosse [but no signed work in oil by that artist is known]').
Exhibited
Brussels, Hôtel Goffinet, Exposition de la miniature, 1912, no. 94 (verbo Lawrence Crosse, as 'portrait présmué du duc de Monmouth, attribution incertaine', lent by Henry J. Pfungst).