Live Auction 2538Christie's Interiors
Allan Ramsay, R.A. (British, 1713-1784)
Lot 113

Allan Ramsay, R.A. (British, 1713-1784)

Portrait of gentleman, half-length, holding a book

Closed29 February 2012

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Allan Ramsay, R.A. (British, 1713-1784)
Portrait of gentleman, half-length, holding a book
oil on canvas
31 x 26½ in. (78.7 x 67.3 cm.)

Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1977, lot 85 (£55).
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 30 January 1987, lot 164 (£1,600).
with Oscar and Peter Johnson Limited, London, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Alastair Smart has identified a preperatory drawing for this portrait in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (inv. D.2054; op. cit., p. 394, fig. 696) and dates the present painting to circa 1760.