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Day 2: European & Asian Works of Art

Sat, Jan 16, 2016 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 18, 2016 09:00AM EST
Lot 558

Gilbert Jackson

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

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(British, active 1622-1642) Portrait of a Lady in a Ruff Collar and Wide-Brimmed Cavalier Hat, circa 1631, within a feigned spandrel, signed lower right "Gilbert Jack=/Pinxt 163…", oil on canvas, 28-7/8 x 24-1/2 in.; modern painted wood frame lined and restretched on late 19th/20th stretcher, crackle, trimmed at tacking edge, some flaking and cupping bottom center, scattered older retouch under natural resin varnish with most at former abrasions or tears; frame with abrasions. Notes: This portrait displays the typical dress for a matron which includes the ruff collar and brimmed hat. For a similar portrait, similarly signed, see 'Countess of Cavan' by Gilbert Jackson, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK.. Provenance: Hirschl & Adler, remnant label verso "E-54"; Robert Downing, Atlanta Georgia; Ex-Collection Anne Sanders, Atlanta, Georgia; Patsy Dickey, Atlanta, Georgia; by descent in family

Condition

lined and restretched on late 19th/20th stretcher, crackle, trimmed at tacking edge, some flaking and cupping bottom center, scattered older retouch under natural resin varnish with most at former abrasions or tears; frame with abrasions

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