The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1720
PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS MAGDALENA AUGUSTA OF ANHALT-ZERBST, DUCHESS OF SAXONY-GOTHA ALTENBURG (1679-1740)
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, gold and silver gilt frame, set with diamonds
24 by 20 mm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 June 1973, lot 82;
sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 4-5 December 1979, lot 670;
with Edwin Bucher, Trogen
The sitter was the maternal grandmother of King George III.