After Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Portrait Of Nicholas Lanier A Shelf A charming early 19th-century miniature

A charming early 19th-century miniature portrait of a doe-eyed lady wearing a beautiful dress with short puffed sleeves and a necklace

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A fine mid-19th-century portrait of a dapper gentleman wearing a navy frock coat

Light craquelure throughout but otherwise fine

which has helped to stabilise the paint layer

After Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Portrait Of Nicholas Lanier A Shelf A charming early 19th-century miniatureAn early 19th century portrait of the English composer and musician, Nicholas Lanier (1588 1666), after a work by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599 1641). Nicolas Lanier was the court musician and Master of the Kings Music for Charles I and Charles II. Along with his talents as a multi instrumentalist, he was also a singer, lutenist and scenographer. Van Dycks original portrait depicts Lanier standing nonchalantly with his left hand resting on the hilt of