PETER OLIVER | PORTRAIT OF A LADY, CIRCA 1620

S. Reynolds Solly, by 1862;

Henry Reynolds Solly;

sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 1940, lot 37;

sale, London, Christie's, 5 July 1977, lot 302;

sale, London, Phillips, 12 December 1984, lot 399;

with Edwin Bucher, Trogen

While the face is highly worked up, the ruff is only suggested in basic form. This combined with the surprisingly unembellished dress suggests that this work is unfinished. Unusually, the miniature is backed onto a 'spade' suit playing card, which has been enriched with two small pencil sketches; a sword springing from the central printed spade, and a half-length profile of a lady to the right.