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Follower of Jean Marc Nattier,   French 1685-1766-   Portrait of a lady,...

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Lot 54

Follower of Jean Marc Nattier,
 
French 1685-1766-
 
Portrait of a lady,...

Price Realised: £6,240

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

Price realised is hammer price plus fees (30% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).

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Lot 54

Description

Follower of Jean Marc Nattier,

 

French 1685-1766-

 

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, as Flora, in a white dress and blue wrap;

 

oil on canvas, 126 x 102 cm.

 

Provenance: The Property of a Lady; Anon. sale, Christies, London, 14 May 1965, lot 105 (as NATTIER).; Anon. sale, Christies South Kensington, 8 July 2014, lot 484.

 

Note: 18th-Century French portraitist Jean Marc Nattier, son of the portraitist Marc Nattier, was celebrated for his paintings of ladies from Louis XVs court depicted in classical costume. The present work is highly reminiscent of his style and indeed Nattier depicted contemporary women in the guise of Flora - the mythological goddess of flowering plants, fertility, and spring - on a number of occasions. Here, the female sitter is portrayed as Flora in windswept drapery, against the backdrop of a dramatic sky, and is rendered in Nattier's distinctive palette of whites and blues.

 

Nattier himself adopted these features in his portrait of Princess Henriette of France, as Flora, housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. See, also, Nattier's 'Portrait of a Lady as Flora', sold at Christie's, London, 14 May, 1965, lot 105. The Christies canvas is of near identical dimensions to the present work and is similar in composition Flora is seated on a cloud, in blue and white robes, holding a garland of flowers. For a third example, see 'Nattier's Marquioness of Baglion as Flora', held in Munich's Alte Pinakothek [no.HUW19].

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
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ARR is capped at £12,500

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