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Richard Cosway, R.A. (British, 1742-1821)
A gentleman in red jerkin and breastplate
Signed and dated in full on the backing card ‘Rdus. Cosway / Primarius Pictor / Serenissimi Walliae / Principis / Pinxit / 1798’
On ivory
Oval, 70 mm. high, in gilt-metal locket frame with hinged cover
A gentleman in red jerkin and breastplate
Signed and dated in full on the backing card ‘Rdus. Cosway / Primarius Pictor / Serenissimi Walliae / Principis / Pinxit / 1798’
On ivory
Oval, 70 mm. high, in gilt-metal locket frame with hinged cover
Provenance
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Paris, 2 September 1933 (inv. nos. MD/0032 and 136).
Exhibited
Geneva 1956, no. 104 (described as an actor).
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