25 Nov 2009
14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
The Merchiston Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, The Property of Mrs Eleanor Hamilton
Back to auction 17787
The Merchiston Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, The Property of Mrs Eleanor Hamilton
Back to auction 17787
Benjamin Arlaud (Swiss, circa 1670-after 1731)
A Gentleman, wearing crimson coat, white lace cravat and powdered wig.
Watercolour on vellum, gold frame.
Oval, 63mm (2 1/2in) high
Provenance: Danton Guerault, 22 November 1938
J. H. Barnes; Sotheby's, 29 April 1974, lot 45
Exhibited: Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.11
Literature: Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.26-7, and 58, ill.col.pl.6
Watercolour on vellum, gold frame.
Oval, 63mm (2 1/2in) high
Provenance: Danton Guerault, 22 November 1938
J. H. Barnes; Sotheby's, 29 April 1974, lot 45
Exhibited: Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.11
Literature: Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.26-7, and 58, ill.col.pl.6
Sold for
£3,840
inc. premium
Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures
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