A gentleman called Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), facing left in brown velvet coat and waistcoat, frilled cravat, powdered wig

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CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH ZINCKE (1683/84-1767)
A gentleman called Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), facing left in brown velvet coat and waistcoat, frilled cravat, powdered wig
enamel on copper
oval, 1¾ in. (45 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with reeded border

Provenance

L. H. Gilbert Collection, Lisbon; Christie's, London, 3 December 1963, lot 170 (as Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; 80gns. to Percival).

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Lot Essay

Although this enamel has been traditionally identified as Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford it does not compare to the enamel of him by Christian Friedrich Zincke in the Gilbert Collection (see S. Coffin/B. Hofstetter, The Gilbert Collection. Portrait Miniatures in Enamel, London, 2000, no. 75, illustrated in colour p. 122).

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