NICHOLAS DIXON (BRITISH, 1660-1708)
Portrait miniature of a gentleman in armour and a long curling wig
signed with monogram ‘ND’ (lower left)
on vellum
oval, 76mm high
in a silver-gilt frame with spiral surmount
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Provenance
Fischer Galleries, Lucerne, 27 June 1957, lot 828;
Christie’s, London, 21 April 1998, lot 14;
Private collection, UK
Exhibited
Sidney Hand Ltd Galleries, Signed Miniatures, 1925, case 5.
Condition report
Horizontal crack to bottom.
Surface abrasion to lower left, next to initials.
Some other minor marks in places.
Under glass and not examined out of frame.
Areas on the face fluorescing under uv light.
