The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
ANDRÉ ROUQUET | PORTRAIT OF JOHN BOND (1717-1784), CIRCA 1745
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ANDRÉ ROUQUET
Geneva 1701 - 1758 Charenton
PORTRAIT OF JOHN BOND (1717-1784), CIRCA 1745
Enamel on copper, gold frame, the reverse engraved: John Bond Esq. / of Grange. / B 11th May 1717 died 30th May 1784, shageen case;
signed with the artist's initial centre right: R
42 by 35 mm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 July 1981, lot 95
The sitter's forebear, Sir Thomas Bond, 1st Bt. (d. 1685) was head of the syndicate that pioneered the development of marshland north of Piccadilly and whose name was used for one of its prominent streets: Bond Street.