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
FRENCH SCHOOL, 1771
PORTRAIT OF A LADY, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS LOUISA, COUNTESS OF ALBANY (1752-1824)
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, two colour gold box, charge and discharge mark of Jean Baptiste Fouache, 1775-81;
dated twice on the letters: 1771
The miniature: 61 mm Diam.; The box: 73 mm. Diam.
Miss J.M. Seymour, Knoyle, Wiltshire;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 May 1928, lot 3;
sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 17 May 1984, lot 11
London, Victoria & Albert Museum (on loan before 1928, lent by Miss J.M. Seymour)