ASCRIBED TO JOHAN JOSEPH ZOFFANY (1733-1810)
A full-length portrait of a woman with a plaque to the frame inscribed
"A portrait of Mrs Nicholas Pierce wearing a Circassion Dress at the fancy dress ball
at The Mansion House in honour of the marriage of the sister of George III to the
King of Denmark"
oil on canvas,
230cm x 145cm
| Estimate: |
£5,000 - £10,000
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Hammer price:
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£40,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: The painting apparently commissioned by Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693-1768), 1st Duke of Newcastle and Prime Minister of Great Britain between 1757 and 1762
