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Details
Charles Boit (Swedish, 1662-1727)
A gentleman in blue silk cloak and long curling wig
Signed ‘C. Boit’ (lower left)
Enamel on copper
Oval, 72 mm. high, gilt-metal frame
A gentleman in blue silk cloak and long curling wig
Signed ‘C. Boit’ (lower left)
Enamel on copper
Oval, 72 mm. high, gilt-metal frame
Provenance
The sale of the collection of Katharina Schratt (1855-1940), famous actress at the Wiener Burgtheater and friend of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria and his wife Sisi, Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 23 November 1950, lot 553.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0504 and 74).
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0504 and 74).
Exhibited
Geneva 1956, no. 46.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.
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