Lot 59
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Sir Godfrey Kneller Lübeck 1646-1723 London
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Sir Godfrey Kneller Lübeck 1646-1723 London

Portrait of a Gentleman, half-length, in a brown cape and black turban

Details
Sir Godfrey Kneller Lübeck 1646-1723 London
Portrait of a Gentleman, half-length, in a brown cape and black turban
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 25 1/8 in. 75.9 x 53.7 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 1973, lot 81.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 April 1974, lot 170.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Mason, by whom gifted to
The Tampa Museum of Art, 1981.
Literature
J.D. Stewart, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Oxford, 1983, p. 136, no. 791.
Special notice
No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to J. Douglas Stewart for confirming the attribution to Kneller on the basis of a transparency (written communication, 3 August 2007) who notes: 'it looks to be a very fine Kneller of circa 1700'.

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