Lot 21
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FRANCISZEK SMIADECKI | Portrait of a member of the Renvers family, circa 1665

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of a member of the Renvers family, circa 1665
  • Oil on copper, gold frame, the hinged back enamelled with the Renvers coat of arms on a turquoise ground;signed with the artist's monogram centre right: FS
  • 54 by 43 mm.

Provenance

Mrs Marjorie Rees;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 November 1954, lot 15 (as Portrait of James Porten);
Leo R. Schidlof (1886-1966);
Greta Shield Heckett (1899-1976);
her executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 24 April 1978, lot 493 (as Portrait of a Young Nobleman, called James Porten);
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 16 November 1993, lot 4

Condition

In good order.
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