Lot Essay
Alastair Smart has identified a preperatory drawing for this portrait in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. D.2054; op. cit., p. 394, fig. 696) and dates the present painting to circa 1760.
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Portrait of gentleman, half-length, holding a book
Details
Allan Ramsay, R.A. (British, 1713-1784)
Portrait of gentleman, half-length, holding a book
oil on canvas
31 x 26½ in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm.)
Portrait of gentleman, half-length, holding a book
oil on canvas
31 x 26½ in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1977, lot 85 (£55).
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 30 January 1987, lot 164 (£1,600).
with Oscar and Peter Johnson Limited, London, where acquired by the present owner.
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 30 January 1987, lot 164 (£1,600).
with Oscar and Peter Johnson Limited, London, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Smart, Allan Ramsay: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, J. Ingamells, ed., New Haven and London, 1999, pp. 203, 353, no. 565, fig. 523.
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