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Allan Ramsay
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Allan Ramsay
- Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Colonel Sir John Walkinshaw of Barrowfield (1676-1780), half-length, wearing a russet coloured coat over a pink waistcoat with an embroidered trim
- signed and dated lower right: A Ramsay 1742
- oil on canvas, in a painted oval
Literature
List of Portraits at Fettercairn House, 1924, p. 5 (as 'Portrait of a gentleman'; Long Passage).
Condition
The following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:
The original canvas is lined and the paint layer is stable and secure; there is slight raising of paint along the stretcher marks and elsewhere across the paint surface.
The canvas has lost tension causing gentle undulation across the surface.
There is 5" long restored loss through the sitter's hat, lower left. Elsewhere, there is minor scattered paint loss across the surface.
The paint texture is well preserved, particularly the impasto in the braiding to the sitter's waistcoat.
The surface is covered in a discoloured and degraded varnish; it's removal would improve the overall tonality.
The painting is in a good state of preservation and structurally sound.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."