Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 12 October 2015
Important South African and International Art, Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 90 944
About this Item
Attributed to Theodore Heins
British 1697-1756
Portrait of a Gentleman
oil on canvas
119 by 95cm excluding frame
Notes
An old inventory label on the reverse states that the painting was formerly at Olantigh Towers and was the property of the Trustees of the late John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax, as no. 1683. Erle-Drax was a Member of Parliament and an active collector during the 1850s, his collection including Claude Lorrain's Roman Campagna of circa 1639, which he purchased in 1859 and which is today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Other lots that might interest you
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