John Jules Nimmo
Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Royal French Orders
Found at
Christies,
London
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 284
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2000
IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, Lot 284
21. Nov - 21. Nov 2000
Estimate: 2.200 - 2.800 GBP
Price realised: 2.350 GBP
Price realised: 2.350 GBP
Description
JOHN JULES NIMMO (c. 1830 - after 1881)
Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Royal French Orders of Saint-Louis, the Lys, and the Legion of Honour, curly brown hair and sidewhiskers, cloudy sky background
signed 'Nimmo d'ap[rès] Millet' (mid-left)
oval, 36 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular ebonized wood frame
Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Royal French Orders of Saint-Louis, the Lys, and the Legion of Honour, curly brown hair and sidewhiskers, cloudy sky background
signed 'Nimmo d'ap[rès] Millet' (mid-left)
oval, 36 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount within rectangular ebonized wood frame
A top price for John Jules Nimmo - as previously expected
In November 2000 Christies in London held the auction IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU, which included the work Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Royal French Orders by John Jules Nimmo. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 2,200.00 – 2,800.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 2,350.00 (€ 3,840.98) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Royal French Orders is the most expensive artwork by John Jules Nimmo that we h
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im November 2000 führte Christies in London die Auktion IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES, GOLD BOXES & OBJECTS OF VERTU durch, in der auch die Arbeit Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Royal French Orders von John Jules Nimmo zur Versteigerung kam. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 2.200,00 – 2.800,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 2.350,00 (€ 3.840,98) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist {Comte d'Escars, full face in dark green coat with crimson piping and silver-embroidered crimson collar, silver epaulettes and lacing, white shirt and black stock, the silver buttons engraved with crowned initials 'C', wearing the Roya
John Jules Nimmo - Auction history
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