Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 1 - 1st March 2022
Lot 68
Circle of Bernard Lens III
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1600
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Description
Circle of Bernard Lens III
Portrait miniature of a lady, traditionally identified as Maria Clementina Sobieska, wife of James Stuart 'The Old Pretender', wearing a green dress and red cloak, and standing in a landscape
Watercolour on vellum, rectangular, in a gilt metal frame
150 x 112mm
Provenance:
Henry George Bohn (1796-1884);
Property from the collection of the late Timothy Clowes
Literature:
Henry George Bohn, Catalogue of the Pictures, Miniatures and Art Books, Collected during the Last Fifty Years, (London, 1884), p.317, no.638