Live Auction 5927Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
Lot 570

Philip Mercier (Berlin 1689/91-1760 London)

The Secret: A young woman, accompanied by her duenna, with a monk

Closed29 September 2009

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GBP 4,375

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Philip Mercier (Berlin 1689/91-1760 London)
The Secret: A young woman, accompanied by her duenna, with a monk
oil on canvas
40¼ x 41¼ in. (102.3 x 104.8 cm.)

T. Harris, by 1930.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 July 1960, lot 218 (to Harvey).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 June 1962, lot 154.
Mrs E. Wolff, by 1969.

Specialist note

Angus Stirling, in the 1969 exhibition catalogue, noted that, while inscribed on the stretcher 'Ph. Mercier 1728', stylistically, this painting would appear to date to c. 1738. The subject is likely to derive from an Italian Comedy.