Lot 175
Casper Netscher (?Heidelberg 1639-1684 The Hague)
Portrait of a field marshal, three-quarter-length, in a cuirass, a marshal's baton on the table beside him, a battle beyond
Closed9 December 2009
Price Realised
GBP 21,250
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Specialist note
The identity of the sitter has yet to be established. An old inscription on the reverse incorrectly identifies the sitter as Henri, duc d'Harcourt (1654-1718), Marshal of France in 1703, who would have been sixteen when this painting was executed.