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Property from a Private Collection

Nathaniel Dance, R. A.

Portrait of two children at play

Lot Closed

July 4, 11:01 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection


Nathaniel Dance, R. A.

London 1735–1811 Winchester

Portrait of two children at play


signed in monogram lower left: ND

oil on canvas

unframed: 127.4 x 102.5 cm.; 50⅛ x 40⅜ in.

framed: 144.2 x 120.2 cm.; 56¾ x 47⅜ in.

Anonymous sale, Richmond, Tennants, 22 April 1994, lot 319 (as attributed to Nathaniel Dance);

Where acquired by the present owner.

An attribution to Nathan Downer (fl. 1769–1774) has also been suggested, however his only signed work differs in the execution and scaling of the figures.1


1 https://photoarchive.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/objects/426301/the-powell-family?ctx=e13a0d43092216f8c8dc525e050b4c7a981cb837&idx=1