FRANCISZEK SMIADECKI (fl. c. 1664)

Sir Anthony Cope, facing right in black gown, lawn collar with tassels, long brown hair

Details

FRANCISZEK SMIADECKI (fl. c. 1664)
Sir Anthony Cope, facing right in black gown, lawn collar with tassels, long brown hair
oil on copper
oval, 26 in. (69 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame

Provenance

Lady Cope-Strachan.

Literature

D. Foskett, Collecting Miniatures, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 128 ('This is a typical example of Smiadecki's way of painting'), illustrated pl. 26B.
D. Foskett, Miniatures: Dictionary and Guide, Woodbridge, 1987, p. 128, illustrated pl. 26B.

Lot Essay

Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Bt. of Hanwell (1632- 1675) was M.P. for Banbury 1660 and for the co. of Oxford 1661-1675. He married his cousin Mary (d. 1714), daughter of Durron, 3rd Lord Gerrard of Gerrard's Bromley but died without issue when the baronetcy passed to his brother, John.

More from S/O MINIATURES

View All