Description & Technical information
Date: 1670
Period: 1600-1750, 17th century
Medium: Oil on canvas, now in original oval form
Signature: Signed in monogram lower centre: HR and Dated on the tobacco wrapper: Ao 1670
Dimensions: 60 x 50 cm (23⁵/₈ x 19⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: H.D. Blyth-Engeland, before 1878;
His sale, London, Christie's, 26 July 1878, lot 224 (14 £ and 6 Shillings by Colnaghi);
Dr. T. Praalder, The Netherlands;
His sale, New York, Sotheby's, 8 January 1981, lot 32 (oval, made out into a rectangular form);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 July 1988, lot 45 (for £110,000; oval, made out into a rectangular form));
Private Collection, United Kingdom;
Sale Sotheby’s London, 6 December 2018, lot 125, now in its original oval shape.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints

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