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Lot 259 Dα

A portrait miniature of a young man in a black kerchief

Auction 1107 - overview Cologne
14.05.2018, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 500 € - 700 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A portrait miniature of a young man in a black kerchief

Gouache on ivory portrait in a 9k red gold frame. Indistinctly inscribed to the reverse: "....Esq. painted by Edwin D. Smith". The frame stamped: Fineness 9/375, Birmingham assay mark for 1909. Minor retouches. 4.7 x 4 cm
Edwin Dalton Smith, London, ca. 1830/40.

Provenance

Collection of Dr. Günther Bartels, Göttingen

Literature

For this English artist cf.: Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, II, p. 764 ff. See also: Foskett, Miniatures. Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge 1987, p. 650.