Auction 70 · Lot 51
Liborio Prosperi. Portrait of Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000
- Hammer price
- $6,250
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ROTHSCHILD).
Place
1888
Description
Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed: “Lib.” Captioned: “Lord Rothschild, June 9, 1888.” Unexamined out of frame.
summary
The original depiction by Italian artist Liborio (“Lib”) Prosperi (1854-1928), for Vanity Fair Magazine, of Lord Rothschild (1840-1915), the first Jew to be ennobled into the House of Lords.
7 x 12 inches.
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