Portraits of a Lady and a Gentleman, both small half length wearing lace collars
Details
German School, 1651
Portraits of a Lady and a Gentleman, both small half length wearing lace collars
both dated '1651'
oil on a halved silver Thaler coin--circular
1¾in. (4.5cm.) diam.
Two (2)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, May 25, 1964, lot 1.
with the Station Gallery, Delaware.
Lot Essay
The coin is stamped with the crest and portrait of Johann George I, Elector of Saxony.