FLEMISH, LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE

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A CARVED IVORY FRAME WITH A PAINTED MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Flemish, late 16th century style
The miniature painted in oil and backed on ivory; the frame carved with strapwork interspersed with cartouches, urns, and lion's heads; the reverse with a later linen-covered picture frame stand.
Very minor losses and repairs; the foot of the picture stand lacking.
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present lot is closely related to a number of similar small frames carved in fruit or boxwood (one of which is in the Wallace Collection, London; see J. G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues - Sculpture, London, 1931, no. S293, pl. 73), however the rather rigid carving and lack of wear on the present lot suggest it was actually carved in the 19th century.

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