A portrait of Mrs. William Saltau by George Engleheart. - image-1
A portrait of Mrs. William Saltau by George Engleheart. - image-2
A portrait of Mrs. William Saltau by George Engleheart. - image-1A portrait of Mrs. William Saltau by George Engleheart. - image-2

Lot 249 D‡α

A portrait of Mrs. William Saltau by George Engleheart.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 2.000 € - 2.500 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)
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A portrait of Mrs. William Saltau by George Engleheart.

Oval gouache on ivory in the original gilt capsule frame with plaited hair reverse. Monogrammed lower right "E". H frame 9.6 x 7.8 cm.

The important English miniaturist George Engleheart studied at the Royal Academy in London under George Barret as of 1769 and in the studio of Joshua Reynolds. He was a very productive artist and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1773 - 1822.

Provenance

Purchased from Henninger-Tavcar art dealers, Pforzheim. - Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Published in: Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, 1979, p. 372, no. 4. Here as Mrs. William Saltau. Illus. in the original size in: Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturporträts, Karlsruhe 1995, p. 183. Cf. for this arist: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 237.