Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Premier Auction | Session III

Sat, Dec 7, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1520

Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Bid Increments

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$10,000 $1,000
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(British, 1646–1723)Cabinet Portrait of a Gentleman, unsigned, numbered verso "IX", 19th century or earlier, oil on heavy copper panel, 8 x 6-1/2 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, 11-3/4 x 10-1/4 in.; Note: This portrait was initially thought by Ivor Noel Hume to be a version of one of the Kit Cat Club members. This likeness does not appear in the portraits both pictured and listed by the National Portrait Gallery, London, but is stylistically similar.; Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities

Condition

craquelure, crackle, surface flattened, surface dirt, abrasions and edges; frame with separation