Old Masters Day Auction

Old Masters Day Auction

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The Property of a Private Collector

John Baptist Closterman

Portrait of Susannah Henshaw (1661–1767), three-quarter-length, seated by a fountain, wearing a red dress

Lot Closed

July 7, 01:36 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Private Collector


John Baptist Closterman

fl.1690-1713

Portrait of Susannah Henshaw (1661–1767), three-quarter-length, seated by a fountain, wearing a red dress


inscribed on the reverse: M. Sus. Henshaw. / Wife of Phil: Papillon.

oil on canvas, in an early 18th-century foliate carved giltwood frame

unframed: 125.7 x 102.5 cm.; 49½ x 40¼ in.

framed: 142 x 117 cm.; 56 x 46⅛ in.

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby’s, 12 April 1995, lot 35;
Where acquired by the present owner.