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2302 | Centuries of British Fine Art

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 110

PORTRAIT OF A WET NURSE AND BABY BREASTFEEDING OIL PAINTING

Estimate: $7,250 - $10,875

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$75,000 $5,000

Year: 17th century
Size: 35" x 30"
Medium: Oil
Description: Oil on canvas, large 17th-century English School image of a wet nurse and nursing child. Half-length portrait of a wet nurse breastfeeding a child in good condition from around 1680. She is seated half-length by a draped curtain. The infant would have been a member of an aristocratic family and was uncommonly given the portrait commission while being fed. has been expertly cleaned, relined, and refurbished. It is placed in a beautiful gilded frame and is ready to hang. Dimensions: approx. 35" x 30"
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