John Smart
Portrait miniature of a Lady, wearing white satin dress under a blue overdress edged with fur and lace, a bow at her corsage, her upswept hair dressed with pearls and tulle, 1774
Watercolour on ivory
Oval, 50mm (2 in.) high
Philip Mould & Co.
To view all current artworks for sale visit philipmould.com In this portrait, Smart’s natural flair for colour is shown in the pairing of the delicate lilac-blue dress with the sitter’s...
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Provenance
Leopold Hirsch, Esq, whom sold;Christie’s, London, 7-9 May 1934, lot 22;
S. J. Phillips, London, 1934;
Phillips, London, 15 February 1984, lot 410;
Karin Henninger-Tavcar, 1989;
Private Collection, Germany.
Literature
Pantheon’, April 1934, Vol. 13, p.126 (illustrated);‘The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs’, October 1934, Vol.65, no.379, p.10 (illustrated);
Foskett, 1964, Plate 10, no.33 (illustrated).
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