Lot Essay
The sitter, of Masham, Yorkshire, was knighted in 1691.
Portrait of Sir Abstrupus Danby (d.1727), seated three-quarter-length, in a brown robe, holding a scroll in his right hand, against an embroidered curtain, an extensive landscape beyond
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Follower of John Riley
Portrait of Sir Abstrupus Danby (d.1727), seated three-quarter-length, in a brown robe, holding a scroll in his right hand, against an embroidered curtain, an extensive landscape beyond
with inscription 'Dous solus Haredem/fecit:/May:20. 87' (on the scroll) and with identifying inscription (on an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas, unlined
49½ x 40½ in. (125.8 x 102.8 cm.)
in a contemporary giltwood frame
Portrait of Sir Abstrupus Danby (d.1727), seated three-quarter-length, in a brown robe, holding a scroll in his right hand, against an embroidered curtain, an extensive landscape beyond
with inscription 'Dous solus Haredem/fecit:/May:20. 87' (on the scroll) and with identifying inscription (on an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas, unlined
49½ x 40½ in. (125.8 x 102.8 cm.)
in a contemporary giltwood frame
Sale room notice
Please note that this picture is by Garret Morphy (fl.1680-1715/16) and is included in Dr Jane Fenlon's article Garret Morphy and his Circle, Irish Arts Review, 1991-92, p.139, no.15.