Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 6th March 2019
Lot 1
λ French School c 1634 Portrait miniature of a nobleman
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £380
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Description
λ French School c 1634
Portrait miniature of a nobleman, head and shoulders, wearing a white embroidered jacket and wide lace ruff
Inscribed: Pour l'infini le fini ie reiette Anno Domini 1634 Aetatis Suae 50, also charged with a coat of arms and the initials P.C.L.V.E.
Oval, in a gilt frame
65 x 51mm
Provenance:
Limner Antiques London in the early 1970's, believed to have been purchased by them from Sotheby's London