Old Master & British Works on Paper
Old Master & British Works on Paper
Livio Mehus
Portrait of a French jeweler
Lot Closed
July 6, 03:10 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Livio Mehus
Oudenaarde circa 1630 - 1691 Florence
Portrait of a French jeweler
Pastel, red and black chalk, laid down on canvas.
Bears contemporary inscription (only partly legible) and inventory number in point of the brush and black ink, on the original wooden backing: Mon(sieu)r Pietro Mezini? or Hezini (?) gioieliere franzese / di mano del Meus / n.o 64?
510 by 390 mm; 20⅛ by 15⅜ in
With René Antille, Chateau d'Anchettes, 1989 (as Domenico Tempesti),
where acquired by Jacques-Louis Isoz,
his sale and others, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2023, lot 28
where acquired by Jacques-Louis Isoz,
his sale and others, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2023, lot 28
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London 2006, p. 510, reproduced / online edition, no. J.5272.051 (previously under Francesca Celeste Tanfani, as a version of the pastel in the Uffizi)