Lot 50: Philip Mercier (Berlin 1689/91-1760 London) Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, the boy in a brown suit and... oil on canvas 39 ¼ x 49 ¼ in. (99.6 x 125.1 cm.)

Philip Mercier (Berlin 1689/91-1760 London)
Double portrait of a boy and girl, full-length, the boy in a brown suit and breeches, holding a whip, and the girl in a red dress with a sash of flowers, seated on a rocking horse waving a flag, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
39 ¼ x 49 ¼ in. (99.6 x 125.1 cm.)
in the original 18th century carved, pierced, swept and gilded frame

with J. Leger & Son, London, 1954.
Almost certainly supplied by John Fowler as part of an interior scheme for Joan Dennis in 1954,
from whom acquired in situ by Mr and Mrs Heinz circa 1955.