A portrait of a lady in a blue dress by Richard Crosse. - image-1

Lot 237 Dα

A portrait of a lady in a blue dress by Richard Crosse.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 800 €
Result: 930 € (incl. premium)

A portrait of a lady in a blue dress by Richard Crosse.

Gouache on ivory in a gold capsule frame. Unsigned, engraved to the reverse "R. Crosse 1770". Incl. frame 4.2; W 3.5 cm.
Ca. 1770.

Provenance

Purchased from A.M. Wager art dealers, Munich, 1981; Private collection, South Germany.

Literature

Illus. in: Nimmergut/Wager, Miniaturen Dosen, Munich 1982, no. 13. Cf. for this artist: Schidlof, Miniature in Europe, Graz 1964, vol. I, p. 174 f.