LAWRENCE HILLIARD (BRITISH, 1581/82-1647/48)
A lady in black dress with white lace collar; red wet-in-wet curtain background
On vellum
Oval, 51 mm. high, turned wood frame
Provenance
H.M. Smith; Sotheby's, London, 20 June 1966, lot 45.
The present miniature compares closely in technique to one by Lawrence Hilliard in the Victoria and Albert Museum of a lady in wide-brimmed hat, signed with monogram (inv. no. P.23-1942).
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