The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
PETER OLIVER | PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, CIRCA 1630
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PETER OLIVER
London 1584 - 1647
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN, CIRCA 1630
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on prepared card, gilt-metal frame
47 by 38 mm.
Sale, London, Christie's, 18 December 1990, lot 76
This miniature would appear to be an allegorical rather than a straightforward representational portrait. In terms of technique and presentation it may be compared with Peter Oliver's 'The head of St John' formerly in the collection of James Sotheby (sale, London, Sotheby's, 11 October 1955, lot 46).