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(17th Century) The artist Claude Lefebvre (1632-75), wearing black robes and white lace jabotc. 1664
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum
Oval, 2 ⅞ in. (60 mm) high
Provenance
Samuel Addington (1806-86)[1]; Private Collection, Europe.
[1] Addington was by trade a woollen merchant but he was also a major collector of art and porcelain. A member of the Arts Club and the Burlington Fine Arts Club, his porcelain collection sold at Christie's, 8 March 1865; his copy of Turner's Liber Studiorum, 26 April 1883; paintings and modern watercolours, Christie's, 22 May 1886 and Old Master prints, Sotheby's, 27 May-5 June 1886.
[1] Addington was by trade a woollen merchant but he was also a major collector of art and porcelain. A member of the Arts Club and the Burlington Fine Arts Club, his porcelain collection sold at Christie's, 8 March 1865; his copy of Turner's Liber Studiorum, 26 April 1883; paintings and modern watercolours, Christie's, 22 May 1886 and Old Master prints, Sotheby's, 27 May-5 June 1886.