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Premier Auction - Session I - February 3, 2023

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 09:00AM EST
Lot 559

A Family Suite of Four Austrian School Portrait Miniatures

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Vienna, 19th century)

The Horstmann Family: Herr Horstmann; Frau Fran Horstman; Fraulein Caroline Horstmann (1819-1910) holding a bunny; Junger Horstmann, beading at a table, watercolor on paper, sight 4-1/2 x 3-3/8 in.; fine matching 19th century gilt wood and composition frames, spandrels, 11-1/2 x 9-5/8 in. 

Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, Virginia [[europeanart]]/[[portrait-miniature]]

Condition

some light fading, not examined out of frames; frames with some wear commensurate with age, spandrels with some convexity

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