Leonardus Temminck
Portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing black jacket with black and grey striped waistcoat and white stock, late 18th century
Watercolour on ivory
Oval, 50mm, (2in) high
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To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com Gilt-metal frame, the exterior decorated with pearls and the reverse glazed to reveal hair motif with gold detailing. Temminck was...
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Gilt-metal frame, the exterior decorated with pearls and the reverse glazed to reveal hair motif with gold detailing.
Temminck was born in The Hague and there attended the Academy of Pictura, where the artist Benjamin Samuel Bolomey (1739-1819) was in attendance. At the Academy he achieved a gold medal (1783) and became a member of the Brotherhood (1785). The following year he became assistant director and then director in 1787. His miniatures are represented in various museums in The Hague and Rotterdam. There are also portrait miniatures by him in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection).
Gilt-metal frame, the exterior decorated with pearls and the reverse glazed to reveal hair motif with gold detailing.
Temminck was born in The Hague and there attended the Academy of Pictura, where the artist Benjamin Samuel Bolomey (1739-1819) was in attendance. At the Academy he achieved a gold medal (1783) and became a member of the Brotherhood (1785). The following year he became assistant director and then director in 1787. His miniatures are represented in various museums in The Hague and Rotterdam. There are also portrait miniatures by him in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection).