A Gentleman’s Cabinet of Curiosities | The Collection of the late Naim Attallah, CBE

A Collection of Portrait Miniatures

Various subjects

No reserve

No ReservesRestricted Species

Lot Closed

November 23, 05:22 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Collection of Portrait Miniatures

18th and 19th Centuries

Various subjects

comprising three portraits of ladies, an oval portrait depicting Leonardo Da Vinci after the 17th century version in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (by S. Calistri), Venus and Cupid (mounted in a circular box) and a gentleman and lady in courtly dress with Cupid in a classical landscape (mounted in a rectangular box)

Each watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, one set in the lid of a gold-lined tortoishell box and another, Venus and Cupid, in the lid of a circular box

Various sizes

(6)

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