Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
JOHN SMART | SELF-PORTRAIT
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July 29, 02:33 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
JOHN SMART
Norwich 1742 - 1811 London
SELF-PORTRAIT
Pencil on laid paper, unframed;
signed and dated, lower centre: John Smart delineavit Seipsum Madras. 1793
unframed: 198 by 174 mm
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By descent within the artist's family until,
sale, London, Sotheby's, 19 October 1981, lot 184,
where acquired by Dr Erika Polh-Ströher (1919-2016)
Along with Richard Cosway and George Engleheart, John Smart is considered by many to be the greatest English portrait miniature painter of the eighteenth century.
Smart drew this rare self-portrait in Madras, India, where he lived between 1788 and 1797. Self-portraits on ivory by Smart are held in the collections of the Victorian and Albert Museum (P.11-1940) and the Cleveland Museum of Art, U.S.A. (1952-95).
This work belonged to the late Dr Erika Polh-Ströher, for further information on this fascinating collector please see lot 244.