Peter Oliver

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Peter Oliver
ca. 1594-1647
Self-Portrait in Profile to the Left, Wearing a Doublet with Lawn Collar
Pen and brown ink, point of brush and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk, on paper.
3 1/8 x 2 9/16 inches (80 x 65 mm), oval
Purchased as the gift of P. Angus Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Morgan.
1982.100
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Watermark: none.
There is only one other accepted minature self-portrait of the artist in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Provenance: 
Samuel Reynolds Solly (1782-1866); sale, London, Christie's, 8 December 1982, lot 241, repr.
Associated names: 

Morgan, P. Angus, donor.
Morgan, Charles F., donor.
Morgan, Charles F., Mrs., donor.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 283.

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