A portrait miniature of a lady with pearl jewellery
A portrait miniature of a lady with pearl jewellery
Gouache on ivory. Incised signature and date "Robert Theer Wien 1832" right edge. With two minor losses of pigment to the upper lip and on the right next to the earring. 8.5 x 6.5 cm. In a slender gilded metal frame with old labels on the reverse.
Robert Theer, Vienna, 1832.
Certificate
Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-2324-22).
Provenance
Lempertz Cologne auction 567 on 24 November 1978, lot 1255.
Christie's London auction on 17 October 1995, lot 31.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 809 f.
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A portrait miniature of a lady with pearl jewellery
Gouache on ivory. Incised signature and date "Robert Theer Wien 1832" right edge. With two minor losses of pigment to the upper lip and on the right next to the earring. 8.5 x 6.5 cm. In a slender gilded metal frame with old labels on the reverse.
Robert Theer, Vienna, 1832.
Certificate
Marketing authorisation for ivory is available (DE-S-2324-22).
Provenance
Lempertz Cologne auction 567 on 24 November 1978, lot 1255.
Christie's London auction on 17 October 1995, lot 31.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
For this artist see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, vol. II, p. 809 f.
