Lot 31
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ANTOINE ALEXANDRE DE MAROLLES | Portrait of a lady and a child garlanding a portrait of a gentleman, circa 1740

Estimate
1,800 - 2,200 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of a lady and a child garlanding a portrait of a gentleman, circa 1740
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on card, chased gold mount
  • 50 by 65 mm.

Provenance

George Bonnor, by 1865;
Lord Dudley;
Bernard-Franck (d. 1924), Paris;
David David-Weill (d. 1952),  by 1936;
with Wildenstein, Paris;
Sir Charles Clore (d. 1979), London;
his executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, lot 47;
with D.S. Lavender Antiques, London;
sale, Geneva, Christie's, 9 May 1989, lot 269

Exhibited

London, 1865, no. 147 (as Boucher);
London, 1961, no. 223

Literature

Phillips, 1905, p. 233;
Gillet, Jeannerat & Clouzot, 1957, no. 224 (as French School), pp. 338-339, illust.

Condition

The condition is good, there is a very small amount of re-touching in the mauve of the ladies drape. This is not conspicuous.
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Catalogue Note

The portrait of the gentleman has been traditionally identified as the artist Carl Van Loo (1707-1764).