Lot 12: Gonzales Coques (Antwerp 1614/18-1684)

Gonzales Coques (Antwerp 1614/18-1684) Portrait of a girl, half-length, in a white lace-trimmed dress and red cloak, with a pearl necklace oil on copper, arched top, the lower corners made up 4 7/8 x 3¼ in. (12.4 x 8.3 cm.) in a pierced gilt bronze frame cast with scrolls, the upper angles with allegorical motifs including vessels, a mirror and a comb, possibly 18th century

Comtes de Gramont de Coigny, and by inheritance to Dom Jaime III Álvares Pereira de Melo, 10th duque de Cadaval (1913-2001), and by inheritance to the present owner.