細節
JOHN SMART (BRITISH, 1742/1743-1811)
William Domville, in dark blue coat with gold buttons, white waistcoat pleated jabot and knotted cravat, short powdered hair
signed with initials and dated 'J S / 1807' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 3¼ in. (84 mm.) high, gold frame, silver reverse engraved 'Wm<\sup> Domville Esq. / Painted / by John Smart / November / 1807'
來源
With A. Staal, Amsterdam, by 1929.
The Property of a Dutch Collector; Christie's, London, 21 February 1961, lot 84 (part lot, together with a miniature by John Smart of Maria 'Donville', signed and dated 1807; 360 gns. to Woollett).
With Captain Charles Woollett, London, by 1963 (with Woollett trade label on reverse).
Christie's, London, 15 June 1982, lot 93.
Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1992, lot 165.
出版
Antiques Dealers Fair Catalogue, London, 1961, illustrated.
R. Lister, The Miniature Defined, Cambridge, 1963, illustrated pl. V (together with a portrait of the sitter's wife).
D. Foskett, John Smart, The Man and his Miniatures, London, 1964, p. 66 (as William 'Donville').
展覽
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Oude Kunst, 1929, no. 1336 (lent by A. Staal).
注意事項
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