LOT DETAILS
Materials:
on ivory
Measurements:
4.13 in. (10.50 cm.) (height) by 3.46 in. (8.80 cm.) (width)
Description:
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Markings:
signed with initials and dated 'W. L 1798' (lower left); the reverse of the frame is stamped 36.
Condition:
ormolu frame with coronet and cypher surmount
Literature:
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures - The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906, III, pp. 158-159, no. 529, illustrated pl. CLXXVI (as by Wilhelm Chodowiecki after a portrait by Marcel Bacciarelli, erroneously as from the Collection of Stanislas II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland, no. 36).
Provenance:
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 488 (as by Wilhelm Chodowiecki, 36 gns to Frank Partridge). Christie's, London, 29 November 1977, lot 102 (£700).