Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1755 at lower right, half length portrait of a dark-haired woman within painted oval, presented in a later gilt frame with gallery plaque.

Stretcher size 30 1/2 x 25 in.; Frame dimensions 34 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.

The Collection of Patricia Sharpe, Charlotte, North Carolina

Likely of German birth, John Theodore Heins moved to the United Kingdom and settled in Norwich around 1720. He became a sought after portrait painter for the county and surrounding areas. His commissions include several mayors of Norwich; Samuel Bradford, Bishop of Rochester; Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford; Sir Jacob Astley; and a very fine family group portrait currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Allover craquelure; a few small paint flakes; obscuring varnish visible under UV light with evidence of retouch to sitter's hair; minor rubbing to frame.

$1,000 - 3,000