15th Jul, 2023 11:00 GMT/BST
Follower of Jean- Baptistie Charpentier the Elder (1728-1806) French
Bois Donc Ma Belle
L' Attrape - Nigaud
The first bearing signature and dated 1752, oil on canvas, 71cm by 90cm (2)
Provenance: Picard Scp, 21 December 1994, Importants Tableaux Anciens, Dessins Anciens, lot 26, offered as by Jean-Baptiste Charpentier
Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £1,800 - £2,500
Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 15th Jul, 2023
The British, European and Sporting Art Sale at Tennants Auctioneers will see a fine equestrian portrait of ‘Lady Caroline Held by a Groom, Newmarket’ attributed to Thomas Spencer (1700-1763) go under the hammer. It will be joined by notable lots from the Estate of Martin & Felicity Mackintosh of Harrogate, including a rich and plentiful still life of game, fruit and flowers by Hendrik Reekers (1815-1854), and further works by the likes of Ford Madox Brown and William Holman Hunt from the Estate of the late Ian Stephenson of Laithes, Penrith, Cumbria. Other notable lots include Montague Dawson's “HMS Amethyst running the Yangtse Gauntlet, 30th July 1949”.
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