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Lot 407
NICHOLAS HILLIARD (BRITISH, 1547-1619)
Closed2 December 2015
Price Realised
GBP 50,000
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NICHOLAS HILLIARD (BRITISH, 1547-1619)
A young lady, previously called Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), The Winter Queen, in black dress slashed to reveal pink, three pink and black ribbon rosettes on her bodice, orange ribbon behind the lace edge and lace ruff, six pink ribbon rosettes and jewels in her fair upswept hair decorated with a star-shaped jewel with drop-pearl, wearing a gold hoop earring and thin black ribbon around her neck; blue background with gold border, inscribed in gold in the blue background 'Ano Dm. 1[--]0'
On vellum
Oval, 53 mm. high, in modern simulated ivory turned frame with detachable cover
A young lady, previously called Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), The Winter Queen, in black dress slashed to reveal pink, three pink and black ribbon rosettes on her bodice, orange ribbon behind the lace edge and lace ruff, six pink ribbon rosettes and jewels in her fair upswept hair decorated with a star-shaped jewel with drop-pearl, wearing a gold hoop earring and thin black ribbon around her neck; blue background with gold border, inscribed in gold in the blue background 'Ano Dm. 1[--]0'
On vellum
Oval, 53 mm. high, in modern simulated ivory turned frame with detachable cover
NICHOLAS HILLIARD (BRITISH, 1547-1619)
A young lady, previously called Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), The Winter Queen, in black dress slashed to reveal pink, three pink and black ribbon rosettes on her bodice, orange ribbon behind the lace edge and lace ruff, six pink ribbon rosettes and jewels in her fair upswept hair decorated with a star-shaped jewel with drop-pearl, wearing a gold hoop earring and thin black ribbon around her neck; blue background with gold border, inscribed in gold in the blue background 'Ano Dm. 1[--]0'
On vellum
Oval, 53 mm. high, in modern simulated ivory turned frame with detachable cover
A young lady, previously called Elizabeth of Bohemia (1596-1662), The Winter Queen, in black dress slashed to reveal pink, three pink and black ribbon rosettes on her bodice, orange ribbon behind the lace edge and lace ruff, six pink ribbon rosettes and jewels in her fair upswept hair decorated with a star-shaped jewel with drop-pearl, wearing a gold hoop earring and thin black ribbon around her neck; blue background with gold border, inscribed in gold in the blue background 'Ano Dm. 1[--]0'
On vellum
Oval, 53 mm. high, in modern simulated ivory turned frame with detachable cover
The Dowager Duchess of Leeds.
The late Lady Currie; Christie's, London, 3 April 1906, lot 85 (as Lady Arabella Stuart (?), 340 gns. to Hodgkins).
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1904) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 25 June 1935, lot 235 (as a lady called Arabella Stuart by Lavina Teerlinc, 500 gns. to Dr Beets).
Dr Anton F. Philips (1874-1951) Collection; Christie's, London, 6 July 1993, lot 8.
The late Lady Currie; Christie's, London, 3 April 1906, lot 85 (as Lady Arabella Stuart (?), 340 gns. to Hodgkins).
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1904) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 25 June 1935, lot 235 (as a lady called Arabella Stuart by Lavina Teerlinc, 500 gns. to Dr Beets).
Dr Anton F. Philips (1874-1951) Collection; Christie's, London, 6 July 1993, lot 8.
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906-7, I, pl. X, no. 1 (no. 14).
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr J. Pierpont Morgan's Pictures, The Early Miniatures I', The Connoisseur, London, December 1906, p. 204, ill. no. VII (as a lady by Lavina Teerlinc).
'In the Auction Rooms - The Morgan Miniatures', The Connoisseur, XCVI, 1935, p. 117.
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr J. Pierpont Morgan's Pictures, The Early Miniatures I', The Connoisseur, London, December 1906, p. 204, ill. no. VII (as a lady by Lavina Teerlinc).
'In the Auction Rooms - The Morgan Miniatures', The Connoisseur, XCVI, 1935, p. 117.