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Lot 75: Nicholas Hilliard (British, 1547-1619)

Est: £15,000 GBP - £25,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 04, 2018

Item Overview

Description

NICHOLAS HILLIARD (BRITISH, 1547-1619) A girl of the Elizabethan court, aged 6, in elaborate dress and lace ruf, inscribed and dated in the blue background ‘Anõ Dni • 1586 • / • ac anõ AEtatis • sue • 6 •’; gold border On vellum Oval, 52 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with spiral cresting

Artist or Maker

Provenance

PROVENANCE: Galerie Fischer, Lucerne and Zurich, 14 May 1936, lot 950. Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0165 and 291).

Auction Details

Treasured Portraits from the Collection of Ernst Holzscheite

by
Christie's
July 04, 2018, 11:00 AM BST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK