A bearded old man, bust-length, seated at a ledge, in a fur- and brocade-lined cloak and a velvet cap

Details

Follower of Govaert Flinck
A bearded old man, bust-length, seated at a ledge, in a fur- and brocade-lined cloak and a velvet cap
oil on canvas
28 x 23¾ in. (71.1 x 60.3 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Arthur du Cros, Bt., Craigwell House, Aldwick, Sussex; Christie's, London, 18 February 1944, lot 122, as Salomon Koninck (unsold).
Sir William Edmund Butlin (1899-1980), before 1964 (his label on the reverse of the frame dating from before his knighthood in that year).

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Lot Essay

It would seem quite possible that the picture was purchased from the collection of du Cros (who hosted King George V's convalescence at Craigwell in 1929, the cause of the King's celebrated observation on the charms of the town) by Butlin, the holiday camp entrepreneur, who established a resort at Bognor in 1960.

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