Portrait of a Man in Armor

Mrs. Marjorie Rees, by November 11, 1954;

Purchased from her sale, Catalogue of Fine Portrait Miniatures, Faberge, Watches and Objects of Vertu, Sotheby’s, London, November 11, 1954, lot 20, as A Miniature of a Man in Armour, by Leggatt Brothers, London, probably on behalf of Mr. John W. (1905–2000) and Mrs. Martha Jane (1906–2011) Starr, Kansas City, MO, 1954–1958 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1958.

Notes:

[1] “A Miniature of a Man in Armour by Thomas Flatman, signed and dated 1661, head and shoulders three-quarters sinister, gaze directed at spectator, full wig falling to the shoulders, wearing knotted cravat and pink sash over a suit of armour, on the sinister side a landscape with view of a castle, 2 1/8in.” See illustration facing page 10. The annotated catalogue for this sale is located at University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Miller Nichols Library. The annotations are most likely by Mr. or Mrs. Starr. It is annotated with “Bid 400” and “105,” and the lot number is circled. According to an attached price list, “Leggatt Bros.” bought lot 20 for £105.