The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1660 | PORTRAIT OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA (1601-1666)
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1660
PORTRAIT OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA (1601-1666)
Enamel on gold, gold mount with enamel border
34 by 31 mm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 November 1974, lot 36 (as School of Petitot);
sale, London, Christie's, 20 March 1990, lot 80 (as by Jean Petitot)
Reynolds, 1999, p. 238, no. 300
The portrait is based on engravings by Jean Bonvoisin and Robert Nanteuil. Two other versions of similar size are in the British Royal Collection (RCIN 421415) and the Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva (inv. no. AD1909-75).