Attributed to George Chinnery

Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, said to be Mr Da Silva

Lot Closed

April 28, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Attributed to George Chinnery

London 1774 - 1852 Macau

Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, said to be Mr Da Silva

oil on canvas

unframed: 29.7 x 25 cm.; 11¾ x 9⅞ in.

framed: 39.8 x 35.2 cm.; 15¾ x 13⅞ in.

John Quilter (according to a label on the reverse);
In the collection of the present owner for over four decades.

Another version was with Daniel Hunt Fine Art where the sitter was identified as Antonio Pereira, an opium dealer in Macau.¹