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Lot Essay
Isaac Oliver was born in Rouen circa 1565. He was the son of a goldsmith, Pierre Ollivier, a Huguenot refugee. He died in 1617.
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After Isaac Oliver
Sara Oliver (née Gheeraedts), the wife of Peter Oliver, facing right in white dress with floral embroidery and lace collar, wearing a lace cap in her fair hair; and Isaac Oliver, in black doublet slashed with pink and a ruff, dark hair, moustache and goatee
the former signed with initials and inscribed on reverse 'wife of Peter Oliver drawn by Isaac - colln of the D.[uke] of Portland copy'd by me MLB' and the latter signed with monogram and inscribed on obverse 'Isaac Oliver by himself in the Colln of Mr Walpole copy'd by me', gilt-metal frames with ribbon surmount
ovals, 26 in. (62 mm.) and 26 in. (55 mm.) high
See Front Cover for part lot Illustration (2)
Sara Oliver (née Gheeraedts), the wife of Peter Oliver, facing right in white dress with floral embroidery and lace collar, wearing a lace cap in her fair hair; and Isaac Oliver, in black doublet slashed with pink and a ruff, dark hair, moustache and goatee
the former signed with initials and inscribed on reverse 'wife of Peter Oliver drawn by Isaac - coll
ovals, 26 in. (62 mm.) and 26 in. (55 mm.) high
See Front Cover for part lot Illustration (2)
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