Lot 342
  • 342

Nicholas Dixon

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nicholas Dixon
  • Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1680
  • watercolour and gouache on vellum, gold frame;
    signed with the artist's monogram centre left: ND
  • 71 by 59 mm; 2 7/8 by 2 1/4 in.

Condition

The miniature generally survived well although there is some surface dirt on the sitter's right check. In the armour there is a small area of oxidation.
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