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Charles Boit(Swedish, 1663-1727)Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1665–1714), seated three-quarter-length, in an ermine-lined crimson cape, lilac-coloured gown, white chemise, the lesser George on a blue ribbon at her corsage, crown and orb to dexter, interior and drapery background
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Charles Boit (Swedish, 1663-1727)
Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1665–1714), seated three-quarter-length, in an ermine-lined crimson cape, lilac-coloured gown, white chemise, the lesser George on a blue ribbon at her corsage, crown and orb to dexter, interior and drapery background.
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse and dated, C: Boit pinx; / 1712, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting.
Rectangular, 127mm (5in) high
Provenance:
with D.S. Lavender Ltd, London, 1993
Mrs T.S. Eliot, executor's sale 'A life's devotion: The Collection of The Late Mrs T.S. Eliot', Christie's London, 20 November 2013, lot 152;
The Twinight Collection
Exhibited:
D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., London, The Monarchy in Portrait Miniatures from Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria, 1993, no. 63 (lent by D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd.).
Literature:
C. Lloyd and V. Remington, exhibition catalogue Masterpieces in Little. Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth II, London, 1996, p. 134
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse and dated, C: Boit pinx; / 1712, gilt-metal frame with pierced spiral cresting.
Rectangular, 127mm (5in) high
Provenance:
with D.S. Lavender Ltd, London, 1993
Mrs T.S. Eliot, executor's sale 'A life's devotion: The Collection of The Late Mrs T.S. Eliot', Christie's London, 20 November 2013, lot 152;
The Twinight Collection
Exhibited:
D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., London, The Monarchy in Portrait Miniatures from Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria, 1993, no. 63 (lent by D. S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd.).
Literature:
C. Lloyd and V. Remington, exhibition catalogue Masterpieces in Little. Portrait Miniatures from the Collection of Queen Elizabeth II, London, 1996, p. 134
Footnotes
Charles Boit, born in Stockholm to French parents, first trained as a goldsmith in his hometown before travelling to Paris to further his studies. He moved to London in 1687 where he benefitted from the protection of the Swedish portrait painter Michael Dahl. His 'very neat' work, as described by George Vertue, assured him patronage, the apogee of which was marked by his appointment as court enameller to King William III in 1696. Royal employment continued under Queen Anne, which included a commission to paint a large (40.5 x 61cm) commemorative enamel plaque celebrating the Battle of Blenheim. This highly ambitious project was abandoned due to a combination of technical, financial and political issues, ultimately forcing Boit to flee to France in 1714. In Paris he was able to re-establish his career, enjoying the patronage of the Regent, Philippe, Duc d'Orléans. In 1717 he was made an Agrée of the Académie Royale.
A full-length portrait by Charles Boit of Queen Anne, depicted seated with her consort Prince George of Denmark standing to her right, is in the Royal Collection (RCIN 421497, signed and dated 1706).
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