Abraham Daniel

Lot 187: ABRAHAM DANIEL (BRITISH, C. 1750-1806)

Name: ABRAHAM DANIEL (BRITISH, C. 1750-1806)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: y3390o3znj

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 06, 2005

Item Overview

Description

A young lady called Mrs Smith in grey silk dress with lace collar, long brown curling hair
oval, 2 1/2 in. (64 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with split-pearl suround

Artist or Maker

Abraham Daniel

Exhibited

Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Ausstellung in der Albertina Wien, 1924, no. 982 (artist and sitter unidentified).
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, no. 474 (sitter unidentified).
Vienna, Albertina, Meisterwerke der europäischen Miniaturmalerei von 1750 bis 1850, 1965, no. 80 (sitter unidentified).

Literature

L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, pp. 182-183 (praised as 'The finest min. by him that I have seen so far'), II, p. 939, no. 281, illustrated III, pl. 152, no. 281.

Notes

Schidlof (op. cit., II, p. 939) stated that the reverse was inscribed '[Mrs.] Smith, daughter of Sir George Vandeput [painted] by Daniel, presented to Mr. Richard Smith, Bristol, A. D. 1786'.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu

Christie's

July 06, 2005, 12:00 AM EST

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

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