ID 892423
Lot 71 | PHILIPPE MERCIER (BERLIN 1689-1760 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Portrait of a boy, full-length, in a blue coat, with a spinning top on a terrace
signed and dated 'Phil. Mercier. fecit / ano. 1740.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
By descent in the King-Wilkinson family of Staidburn, Clitheroe to the following,
Mrs M.A.L. Williams, sold on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Society; (†), Sotheby’s, London, 21 November 1984, lot 30.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 22 November 2006, lot 20, where acquired by the present owner.
| Artist: | Philip Mercier (1691 - 1760) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Philip Mercier (1691 - 1760) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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