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JOSEPH HIGHMORE | Portrait of a lady
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Portrait of a lady
- Oil on copper, gilt-metal frame;signed and dated lower right: Jof Highmore / pinx / 1732
- 109 by 80 mm.
Provenance
Greta Shield Heckett (1899-1976);
her executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 24 April 1978, lot 498;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 1985, lot 200
her executor's sale, London, Sotheby's, 24 April 1978, lot 498;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 1985, lot 200
Catalogue Note
Joseph Highmore would appear to have been inspired by Rubens' celebrated painting, Le Chapeau de Paille, painted circa 1622-5 and now in the National Gallery of London (NG852).