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Premier Catalog Auction - Session II

Fri, Nov 16, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 579

Follower of Thomas Gainsborough

Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000

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(British, 1727-1788)

Full portrait of a Boy in Blue, said to be 3rd Baronet Valentine Browne, 1st Viscount Kenmare, 18th century, unsigned, oil on canvas, 66 x 41 in.; fine 18th century rococo gilt wood and [papier-mâché] frame, with scroll and shell corner and central decoration, 77 x 53-1/4 in.

Provenance: From the Collection of Daniel Bibb, Atlanta, Georgia

Note: Composition appears to be influenced by Thomas Gainsborough but with a style similar to that of Thomas Hudson. Exhibited: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2006

Condition

lined with wax and linen, crackle, draw crackle, retouch; frame with breaks and minor losses

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