Old Masters, British & European Paintings - 5th March 2025
Lot 206
Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000
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Description
Circle of Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of a young boy wearing a red jacket with a white collar
Oil on canvas
36.5 x 43.5cm; 14¼ x 17¼in
Provenance:
English Private Collection
The present work depicts the same boy as a portrait featured on the BBC television series Fake or Fortune, subsequently sold at Bonhams, London (Old Master Paintings, 6-12 February 2024 lot 61). Although conservation of the Fake or Fortune work revealed it to date from 1831, it is believed that it relates to a lost original by Joshua Reynolds.