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facing right in black-bordered yellow doublet with white skirt and tied cravat, cross-belt, long brown curling hair, on vellum, laid down on card, silver-gilt frame, with spiral cresting Christie's London. A very strong bid for this miniature, which carried a pre-sale estimate of between £ 8,000 to 12,000. Cooper was the pupil of his uncle John Hoskins and trained himself mainly by studying the works of Anton van Dyck. He was the greatest miniaturist of his period, whose fame was not confined to England. He produced portraits of most of the people of the English court and his miniatures were admirable in expression and drawing. |
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