23rd Mar, 2019 10:00 GMT/BST
Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I)
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After Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont Oil on canvas, 50cm by...
After Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont
Oil on canvas, 50cm by 37cm (oval)
Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of his nephew Gainsborough Dupont was described by his friend and biographer Philip Thicknesse as "the finest head he ever painted". This version may have been commissioned by Lord Bateman when he sold the original to Charles Wertheimer sometime before 1908.
See illustration
Portrait of Gainsborough Dupont
Oil on canvas, 50cm by 37cm (oval)
Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of his nephew Gainsborough Dupont was described by his friend and biographer Philip Thicknesse as "the finest head he ever painted". This version may have been commissioned by Lord Bateman when he sold the original to Charles Wertheimer sometime before 1908.
See illustration
Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I), 23rd Mar, 2019
Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I)
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