Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Sold to benefit the acquisitions fund of Filoli Museum and Gardens, Woodside, CA, Sold Without Reserve
Follower of Sir Henry Raeburn
Portrait of John Lamont (1741-1814)
No reserve
Lot Closed
May 26, 02:49 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
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Sold to benefit the acquisitions fund of Filoli Museum and Gardens, Woodside, CA, Sold Without Reserve
Follower of Sir Henry Raeburn
Portrait of John Lamont (1741-1814)
oil on canvas
canvas: 29 ⅞ by 25 ⅛ in.; 75.9 by 63.8 cm.
framed: 38 ½ by 33 ¼ in.; 97.8 by 84.5 cm.
With Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd., London (inv. no. 44827);
Private collection, California;
By whom bequested to the present owner.
This portrait of John Lamont, Chief of the Clan Lamont, follows an original by Sir Henry Raeburn last recorded by David Mackie in a private collection in New York.1
1. D. Mackie, Raeburn, Life and Art, A Complete Catalogue of the Artist's Work, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Edinburgh and Yale University, 1994, cat. no. 455.