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13. Miniature Portrait on Copper, English, ca. 17th Century A regal oil on copper portrait of a princess on a copper plate. She wears a ruffled collar, ornate headdress and pearls, the symbol of purity. Framed in gilt bronze with surmounted with an ornate crest. Copper plate measures apprx 3-3/4" H x 2-1/2" W. With frame size is apprx 6" H x 4" W. 500/700 Sold: $431.25 |
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14. Jan Van der Neer (Dutch, 1628-1691), Attributed "Travelers in a Wooded Interior", ca. 1650. Oil on panel, attributed, bears spurious initials "IvR" for possibly for Jacob van Ruysdael, along roadside, right. Housed in a ca. 19th Century Louis XV pattern frame with cradle back reinforcement. Panel apprx 25-1/2" x 21-1/4". With frame apprx 35-1/4" x 31-1/2". Name plate attached on front inscribed with van Ruysdael name. This painting was sold into the great collection of Old Master paintings formed by Hungarian industrialist, Baron Laszlo Kohner. So important was the Kohner Collection that at his death, the auction sale was conducted in the National Museum in Budapest. Provenance: Purchased from the Baron Kohner Estate Sale, Budapest ca. 1936 (as a Jacob van Ruysdael). Passed from a private London dealer to collector Paul Fay, Cleveland, Ohio. Sold to a private collector in Shaker Heights, Ohio by Mr. Fay, 1942. Ref: Thieme-Becker, vol. 33-35, pp, 261-264 and Benezet, vol. 14, pp 158-59. Accompanying the painting in this lot is a letter from Seymour Slive of the Fogg Art Museum, the original bill of sale from Paul Fay dated June 23, 1942, and a letter from Dr. E. John Walford, Wheaton College. 15,000/20,000 |
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15. Nicolaes Maes (Dutch, 1632-1693), Attributed Portrait of a Fine Gentleman. Oil on canvas, attributed to the Dutch genre and portrait painter Nicolaes Maes. Framed in a 3-1/2" wide gold leafed formal portrait frame, though not of the period, 27-1/4" high x 22-1/4" wide, canvas size. This regally poised composition is a vigorously painted likeness of a patrician gentleman in a 3/4 view. He is seated in a traditional portrait format with foliage and a distant lake with a castle on an island. Strongly rendered clouds billow in the sunset sky. The image is crisp and full with a very direct stare that connects the subject to the viewer at a glance and conveys the strong personality of the sitter. Provenance: Purchased from the collection of Bernard Vixseboxse, 1975. Includes binder with B/W photo and artist bibliography and bill of sale. 15,000/20,000 |
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16. Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775-1851), Attributed An early study of a landscape. Oil wash on paper board in the topographical tradition. Numbered "#2", dated "24th May, 1796" and inscribed on the verso in graphite and ink. Originally purchased from a private collection in England by the owner, apprx 30 years ago. Apprx 7-3/8" x 10-7/16". Unframed. 10,000/15,000 |
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17. 18th Century Tromp l'Oeil Painting "King George I", oil on canvas, signature not found, not framed, 21-1/2" x 17-1/2". A paper engraving of the King with text in lower margin stating his titles such as "Brunswick" and his wife "Princess Sophia". Also evident is his birth date, "May 28th 1660" at lower left. Illegible text at lower right, possibly his date of death or artist's name. 1,000/2,000 Sold: $1,265.00 |
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18. Attributed to Thomas Phillips, English ca. 18th Century "Portrait of a Gentleman in Red Coat". Oil on canvas, attributed to English School painter Thomas Phillips. Canvas measures apprx 30" H x 25" W. Not framed. Tag attached to verso indicates this painting was originally donated by Mr. A.N. Lunty. 1,000/2,000 Sold: $920.00 |
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19. Continental School, ca. 18th Century "Portrait of a Gentleman". Oil on canvas by unknown 18th Century painter. This continental portrait features a young man dressed in a black jacket. Canvas measures apprx 30" H x 25" W. The painting is not framed. 1,000/2,000 Sold: $632.50 |
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20. Daniel (Sir) MacNee (British, 1806-1882), Attributed Portrait of a Beautiful Lass. Oil on canvas, signature not found. Framed in an ornately detailed dark gold leafed frame, probably not the original. Canvas size is 30" x 25", with frame the overall size is apprx. 37" x 32". This charming young woman poses in front of an indistinctly painted dark background. A basket of flowers can be detected to the left of the sitter, and a cluster of English Ivy to the right. The girl wears a distinctively sombre dress and a gold locket on a chain about her neck. The plainness of her garb and the freshness of the rendering of her face intentionally convey a very pretty, youthful and innocent attitude. The lovely face is highlighted by the darkness of the surrounding composition. Purchased in the 1950's Pattin's Auction House, Cleveland, OH. 4,000/6,000 |
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21. Pair of Portraits Attributed to Allen Smith Jr. (American, 1810-1890) Pair of Marriage portraits of Augustus and first wife Harriet Spencer Handy (d.1851) of Massillon, Ohio. These were both included in the Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition entitled "Portraits of men and women who have had an important part in the making of Cleveland", July 6th through August 24th, 1919. Augustus (1818-1891) was the brother of P.T. Handy, the head cashier for J.D. Rockefeller. He owned several double mast ships on lakes Erie and Huron. These are extremely well executed, large liknesses of a handsome young couple. Each is 36" H x 29" W. Framed in bronzed finish frames by E.J. Pirson (a framing company of the 19th-early 20th Century in Cleveland), with applied ornaments with old rolled glass. Cleveland Museum of Art tags on versos. 6,000/8,000 |
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22. Manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of Three Children, ca. Late 18th-Early 19th Century A charming oil on canvas, loosely painted portrait of three siblings, unsigned. Offered in a gold painted spandrel frame. Canvas apprx 25" x 31-1/2". Overall with frame apprx 31" x 37". 800/1,200 Sold: $575.00 |
