16th Nov, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Follower of Arnold Boonen (1684-1729) Dutch
Portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a white dress trimmed with lace at the décolletage and a suite of pearl jewellery
Oil on copper, 9.5cm dia. (tondo)
Sold for £190
Estimated at £200 - £300
Copper panel flat. Raised micro-cracking with associated loss of upper paint layers in passages, including a larger flaked loss unrestored top centre. Further brittle age craquelure, not raised (see images in reflected light for extent of flaking). Cracks in figure are largely secure. Minor losses and rubbing at edges where visible - see bottom left edge. There are some pale yellowish streaks in the background, it is not possible to determine what these are, they don't appear to be losses to paint and ground, and are perhaps flaked/broken up varnish, or a substance on the surface? Scattered minor retouching to looses, with a little reinforcing in drapery. A degraded yellowed matt varnish, slightly broken up in places. A layer of surface dirt with tiny dark spots and other surface accretions.
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Auction: British, European & Sporting Art, 16th Nov, 2024
The Autumn British, European and Sporting Art Sale will include a sun-drenched work by British Impressionist painter Dorothea Sharp, two works by Louis H Grimshaw consigned from a private collection, and notable genre pieces by the likes of Giovanni Battista Torriglia and Charles Spencelayh.
A good offering of figural works include a male figure attributed to York-born artist William Etty, and 17th and 18th century portraits, and amongst the Sporting art are examples of the work of Robert Nightingale and Wright Barker.
The sale will go on view to the public from Sunday 10th November, alongside The Selected Contents of Bell Hall, Naburn, York, which will also offer a broad range of traditional and contemporary paintings.
Please note the following lots have been withdrawn from sale: 1080, 1086, 1093, 1094
Viewing
Sunday 10 November to Friday 15 November 11am-4pm and morning of the sale from 8am
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