FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1785

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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1785
A lady called Magdalena Antonia Hope, née van der Poll (1748-1808), in white silk dress, edged with lace at cuffs and bodice, lace shawl, seated next to a table with a rose and a vase
on ivory
2¾ in. (72 mm.) diam., gold frame, marked Paris, 1782, with split- pearl border

Provenance

Sotheby's, Geneva, 14 May 1987, lot 98 (as in the Manner of Augustin Dubourg, on the cover of a gold bonbonnière)

Literature

K. Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturporträts, Pforzheim, 1995, illustrated in colour, p. 153 (as by Ignazio Pio Vittoriano Campana (1744-1786) of Magdalena Antonia Hope, née van der Poll [1748-1808]).

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Lot Essay

Magdalena Antonia Hope, née van der Poll (1748-1808) was a daughter of Burghermaster Jan van der Poll. In 1774, she married Jonkheer Archibald Hope (1747-1821), an Amsterdam merchant and shareholder in the Dutch East India Company, who became an M.P. in 1815.

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