Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper

Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper

Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)

THOMAS FORSTER | PORTRAIT OF A CHILD

Lot Closed

July 29, 02:31 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)

THOMAS FORSTER

active ca. 1690 - 1713

PORTRAIT OF A CHILD


Plumbago on vellum, verre eglomisé mount, stained fruit-wood frame;

signed and dated lower right: T Forster / Delin / 1705

framed: 168 by 143 mm.

unframed: 105 by 82 mm.


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Mrs Felton Mathew;

Mrs Agatha Thornycroft;

Mrs Robert Tritton;

her executor's sale, London, Christie's, 1983, lot 532;

where aquired by Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)

This work belonged to the later Dr Erika Polh-Ströher, for further information on this fascinating collector please see lot 244. 

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