Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, May 20, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 506

French School Portrait of a Nobleman

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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

(18th century)

wearing a brocaded and trimmed red coat and armor breastplate, unsigned, oil on canvas, 32-1/8 x 25-7/8 in.; modern parcel gilt wood plate frame, 41-1/8 x 34-3/4 in.

Note: Exhibited: Temporary loan label from the Fogg Art Museum attached verso

Provenance: Descended in the family of artist Denman Ross sold Skinner, Boston, Massachusetts; September 20, 2002, lot 410, sold for $8,225; Private South Carolina Collection

Condition

lined, sealed with paint verso canvas, crackle, stretcher marks, some scattered retouch, small points of flaking; frame with minor abrasions

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