LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on ivory

Measurements:

2.95 in. (7.50 cm.) (height) by 2.36 in. (6.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Unsigned

Literature:

Torben Holck Colding in "Kunstmuseets Aarsskrift XXXV-XXXVI", 1949, p. 44-46, reproduced in colors fig. 6. Torben Holck Colding, "Aspects of Miniature Painting", 1953, p. 150. Torben Holck Colding, "Cornelius Høyer 1741-1804", 1961, mentioned p. 31 and p. 245, reproduced fig. 12 and 13. C. G. Pilo's portraits reproduced between p. 24 and 25, now at Det Nationalhistoriske Museum at Frederiksborg. Please see our catalogue for more information about the relationship between the King and A. G. Moltke.

Provenance:

Nørager manor house owned by the Moltke family. Head of Department, Mrs. Castenskiold, née countess Moltke (1961). The miniatures are painted after C. G. Pilo's paintings from 1760, earlier at Nørager manor.