Auction Preview: The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part II at Sotheby's, London, July 4
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What: The Pohl-Stroher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part IIWhere: Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA, UKWhen: July 4, 2:30 PM BSTTop Lots at the Sale:— “Portrait of a Gentleman,” CIRCA 1667 — Samuel Cooper (1609-1672); Watercolor aAuction Preview: The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part II at Sotheby's, London, July 4
What: The Pohl-Stroher Collection of Portrait Miniatures Part IIWhere: Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, W1A 2AA, UKWhen: July 4, 2:30 PM BSTTop Lots at the Sale:— “Portrait of a Gentleman,” CIRCA 1667 — Samuel Cooper (1609-1672); Watercolor and bodycolor on vellum, gilt-metal frame; signed lower left with the artist's monogram: SC. Measurement: 82 by 67mm. Featured in lot 14. Estimate: 12,000 — 18,000 GBP (15,530 USD - 23,300 USD).— “Portrait of Thomas Weld, Later Cardinal Weld (1773-1837) and His Daughter Mary Lucy, Later Lady Clifford of Chudleigh (1799-1831)” — Jean Baptiste Jacques Augustin (1759-1832). Quantity: 2. Watercolor and bodycolor on ivory, gilt-metal frame; signed centre right: Augustin / a Paris / 1819.; together with a double portrait of Lucy Bridget Weld, nee Clifford (d. 1815) and her daughter Mary Lucy. The first 176 by 123mm; the second 165 by 110mm. Featured in lot 169. Estimate: 12,000 — 18,000 GBP (15,530 USD - 23,300 USD).— “Portrait of a Young Girl” — John Smart (1741-1811); Watercolor and bodycolor on ivory, gold frame, the reverse with glazed central hair reserve set with the initials: EC; signed and dated lower left: JS / 1789 / I. Measurement: 65 by 52mm. Featured in lot 78. Estimate: 10,000 — 15,000 GBP (12,950 USD - 19,410 USD).— “Portrait of a Lady,” CIRCA 1650 — Samuel Cooper (1609-1672); Watercolor and bodycolor on vellum, mounted on a playing card, gilt-metal and enamel frame; signed centre right with the artist's initials: S.C. Measurement: 73 by 59mm. Featured in lot 11. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 GBP (10,350 USD - 15,530 USD).— “Portrait of Archduchess Marie Clementine of Austria, Later Crown Princess of Naples (1777-1801),” Circa 1795 — Heinrich Friedrich Fuger (1751-1818). Watercolor and bodycolor on ivory, silver-gilt open-work frame, inlaid with glass pastes. Measurement: 62mm. Diam. Featured in lot 113. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 GBP (10,350 USD - 15,530 USD).— “Six Miniatures Depicting the Ports of France after Joseph Vernet” — Claude-Edme-Charles de Lioux de Savignac (1734- After 1786). Bodycolor on card, later mounted in a silver-gilt box; the lid miniature inscribed no. 61 La rochelle [sic], the base signed, the sides, two signed and dated: 1768, one signed (Toulon). The box: 30 by 54mm. Featured in lot 139. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 GBP (10,350 USD - 15,530 USD).— “Six Views of Naples and its Environs” — French School, circa 1810; fixe-sous-verre, set into a gold cagework snuff box, Jean Louis Leferre, Paris 1809-1819. Measurement: 33 by 99 by 56mm. Featured in lot 140. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 GBP (10,350 USD - 15,530 USD).— “Portrait of a Gentleman,” Circa 1665 — Samuel Cooper (1609-1672). Watercolor and bodycolor on vellum, silver-gilt frame with scroll surmount; signed left centre with artist's monogram: SC. Measurement: 78 by 62mm. Featured in lot 15. Estimate: 8,000 — 12,000 GBP (10,350 USD - 15,530 USD).For details, visit: https://www.sothebys.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more