GEORGE ENGLEHEART

(1750–1829)

Portrait of a boy

Signed on the right: E

Watercolor and gouache, oval

Original medallion with hair interlacing on the back, 8 x 6.2 cm.

Elegant portrait of a boy made at the beginning of the 19th century by George ENGLEHEART (1750-1829).

Engleheart was one of the greatest English painters of miniature portraits and a contemporary of Richard Cosway, John Smart, William Wood and Richard Crosse.

The object is made even more precious by the beautiful medallion which, on the back, keeps the hair perfectly intertwined and preserved.

Price:  € 5400

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bénézit, Bryan, Busse, Fischer, Graves, Mallet, Theme-Becker,  Schidlof, Lemberger, Foskett, Long, Clouzot, Darmon, Wharton, Mauri, Blattel.

MUSEUMS:

National Gallery, Dublin; V&A Museum.