Full portrait seated at table facing right, pen in hand

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $900

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SARMENTO, JACOB DE CASTRO) 1692-1762

Place

c. 1735

Description

Mezzotint by Houston. Framed

references

Rubens, 2211

summary

A physician born in Portugal of Marrano pedigree, Saramento was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1725 for his introduction of a new medicine to cure fevers

14 x 10.75 inches image size

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