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FINE CHINA TRADE PAINTINGS FROM MARTYN GREGORY, LONDON, PART II
Lot 169*

SPOILUM (ACTIVE 1770-1805)
Portrait of a man in a dark blue coat

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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SPOILUM (ACTIVE 1770-1805)

Portrait of a man in a dark blue coat
Oil on canvas, framed.
42.5cm (16 3/4in) high x 35.6cm (14in) wide.

Footnotes

史貝霖(活躍於1770-1805年) 穿深藍色外套的紳士肖像 布面油畫 有框

Provenance: Christie's London 19 June 2001, lot 261
Martyn Gregory, London

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Martyn Gregory, 25th Annual Exhibition of China Trade Paintings: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1750-1875, catalogue 78, 2002, pp.102-103, no.110
Martyn Gregory, Merchant's and Mariners: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western artists 1750-1970, catalogue 98, London, 2018/2019, p.50, no.45
Martyn Gregory, George Chinnery, Artist of Macau: Historical Pictures by Western and Eastern Artists on the China Coast, catalogue 103, London, 2023, p.50, no.45

來源:倫敦佳士得,2001年6月19日,拍品編號261
倫敦古董商Martyn Gregory

展覽著錄:Martyn Gregory,《25th Annual Exhibition of China Trade Paintings: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western Artists 1750-1875, catalogue 78》,2002年,第102-103頁,編號110
Martyn Gregory,《Merchant's and Mariners: Historical pictures by Chinese and Western artists 1750-1970, catalogue 98》,倫敦,2018/2019,第50頁,編號45
Martyn Gregory,《George Chinnery, Artist of Macau: Historical Pictures by Western and Eastern Artists on the China Coast, catalogue 103》,倫敦,2023年,第50頁,編號45

This portrait belongs to a group of works by Spoilum depicting Western visitors to Canton set against a plain background with a pale passage behind the sitter's left shoulder. This sitter has a cameo engraved with a design of a young lady pinned to his cravat.

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