Samuel Cotes
Portrait of a gentleman in a bordeaux-colored skirt
Gouache on ivory. Signed and dated lower right "SC 1779". 4.0 x 3.3 cm. Capsule frame in 14 ct gold (former bracelet clasp), the suspension gilt.
Samuel Cotes, London, 1779.
Expert opinion
Marketing license for ivory is available (DE-S-0497-23).
Provenance
Sotheby's London auction on March 15, 1982, lot 42.
Rhenish private collection.
Literature
For the artist, see Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe in the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Graz 1964, Vol. I, p. 168.
This object was made using materials for which a CITES permit is required for export to countries outside the EU. We would like to point out that a permit is not usually issued.
