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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Autumn Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  16 Jun 2015 ~ Section 1: 10.30am (Lots 1 - 140)
  16 Jun 2015 ~ Section 2: 2.00pm (Lots 141 - 346)
  17 Jun 2015 ~ Session 4: 10.30am (Lots 347 - 679)
• Lot #:
  344
• Lot Description:
  Jacopo Amigoni
  (1875-1752)
  Portrait of The Princess Mary, Daughter of King George II
  oil on canvas
  144.5 x 96cm
  seated full length, in a pink dress and white wrap, her coronet on a table at her side
• Provenance:
  The Collection of Lady Mary Gladys Humpreys; The Barry Byrne Collection, Christie's, Sydney, Australia, 16 July 1992, lot 725; Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1987, lot 34
• Notes:
  The sitter was the fourth daughter of George II and Queen Caroline. Born in 1723 at Leicester House, she was married by proxy at the Chapel Royal, St. James' Chapel and in person in Cassel in 1740 to Frederick II, Landsgrave of Hesse Cassel, K.G. (1720-1785). She had four sons, the eldest surviving son becoming the Elector Wilhelm IX, She died at Hannan in 1772. Amigoni painted at least four of the daughters of George II during his English sojourn 1729-39. Vertue records that he was patronised by Queen Caroline and painted a series of such portraits in 1732. Drawing for these portraits are recorded and identified by Elaine Claydon in her article A Group of Portrait Drawings by Jacopo Amigoni in Master Drawings, XII, 1974, pp. 41-46. An engraving by J.Simon after Amigoni of Princess Mary is also recorded.
• Estimate:
  A$12,000 - 18,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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