Sale 9857
London, South Kensington
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27 May 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,554
Estimate
Marcellus Laroon (1679-1772) Portrait of James Macardell (1729-1765), bust-length, in a brown jacket and red cloak, holding a porte-crayon in his right hand oil on canvas 23 3/8 x 15 in. (59.4 x 40 cm.)
Provenance
with The Sabin Galleries, London. Henri-Philippe Crombée, Brussels.
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Literature
R. Raines, Marcellus Laroon, Yale, 1967, p. 111, no. 8, pl. 48. J. Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, London, 1977, I, p.176, II, pl. 497.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basisThis lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges
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