Lot Essay
Another version of the present picture hangs at Chirk Castle where the sitter was traditionally identified as being Sir Thomas Myddleton, although this is now doubted.
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Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680) and Studio
Portrait of an Officer, three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton in his right hand, a plumed helmet on a draped table beside him, beside a fluted column, a mountainous landscape beyond
49¾ x 40¼in. (126.4 x 102.3cm.)
Portrait of an Officer, three-quarter-length, in armour, holding a baton in his right hand, a plumed helmet on a draped table beside him, beside a fluted column, a mountainous landscape beyond
49¾ x 40¼in. (126.4 x 102.3cm.)