Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Susan Penelope Rosse
Portrait of Maria of Modena, Queen of England (1658-1718), circa 1685
Lot Closed
December 4, 03:35 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
Susan Penelope Rosse
London ? 1652 - 1700
Portrait of Maria of Modena, Queen of England (1658-1718), circa 1685
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, mounted on a playing card, gilt-metal frame with scroll surmount
67 by 54 mm.
Possibly Reverend William Tower, Victor of Braughing, Hertfordshire;
by family descent until,
Henry, Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900-1984);
his sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1983, lot 82;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
by family descent until,
Henry, Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900-1984);
his sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1983, lot 82;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
J.J. Foster, Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, p. 50. no. 314 (as Samuel Cooper);
D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper 1609-1672, London, 1974, p. 85 (as Susan Penelope Rosse)
D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper 1609-1672, London, 1974, p. 85 (as Susan Penelope Rosse)