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Lot 250 D‡α

A portrait of a gentleman in a brown coat by Andrew Plimer.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.232 € (incl. premium)
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A portrait of a gentleman in a brown coat by Andrew Plimer.

Gouache on ivory in a gold capsule frame with plaited hair reverse. Unsigned. Frame 8 x 6.5 cm.

Andrew Plimer, son of a clockmaker, first worked as a servant before becoming the pupil of the famous English miniaturist Richard Cosway. He exhibited his idealised portraits, which he left unsigned as of around 1790, at the Royal Academy from 1786 - 1819.

Provenance

Purchased from K. Henninger-Tavcar art dealers/Pforzheim, in the early1990s; Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Illus. in jubilee catalogue of Henniger-Tavcar art dealers, Miniaturen, Dosen, Vitrinenobjekte, Pforzheim 1991, no. 61/225. Cf. for this artist: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 642 f.