An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection
Catalog Information: 224 lots with images
Date: 2010
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
United Kingdom
Viewing Notes:
Fri, 9 Jul 10, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sun, 11 Jul 10, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 12 Jul 10, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Tue, 13 Jul 10, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Sale Notes:
Mark Griffith-Jones
Specialist
Early British Drawings, Watercolours and Portrait Miniatures
Tel: +44 20 7293 5083
Fax: +44 20 7293 5095
mark.griffithjones@sothebys.com
Emmeline Hallmark
Head of Department
British Paintings
Tel: +44 20 7293 5407
emmeline.hallmark@sothebys.com
Lot 1: NICHOLAS HILLIARD
NICHOLAS HILLIARD C. 1547-1619 PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN with receding curling hair, small moustache and pointed beard, wearing a gold edged gorget over a white doublet, a lace-trimmed collar and a gold-embroidered blue sash, with an earring, woodland [...more]
Lot 2: NICHOLAS HILLIARD
NICHOLAS HILLIARD C. 1547-1619 PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEWOMAN, POSSIBLY LETTICE KNOLLYS (1539-1634) her tightly curled fair hair adorned with a diadem, wearing a white dress richly embroidered in silver and gold, deep lace ruff and jewelled chains, blue b [...more]
Lot 3: FRENCH SCHOOL
FRENCH SCHOOL 1620 PORTRAIT OF THOMAS PAPILLON (1578-C. 1637); PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE MRS THOMAS PAPILLON he with short hair and pointed beard, wearing a slashed black doublet and a white ruff; she with upswept brown hair, partly covered by a square b [...more]
Lot 4: NICHOLAS DIXON
NICHOLAS DIXON 1625 - 1725 PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN with long curling fair hair, wearing a classical style gold and blue tunic and a crimson cloak watercolour on vellum, held in a gold frame, amethystine quartz cabochon reverse 1.4 by 1.1 cm.; [...more]
Lot 5: JOHN HOSKINS
JOHN HOSKINS C.1590-1664/5 PORTRAIT OF GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM (1592-1628) with long curling auburn hair, pointed beard and moustache, wearing a black slashed doublet over a chemise with scalloped lace collar, with the sash of the Order [...more]
We're Hiring!
