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James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688), facing right in gilt-studded armour and white lawn collar, long brown hair; landscape background
Details
SCHOOL OF THOMAS FLATMAN
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688), facing right in gilt-studded armour and white lawn collar, long brown hair; landscape background
oil on card
oval, 26 in. (63 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688), facing right in gilt-studded armour and white lawn collar, long brown hair; landscape background
oil on card
oval, 26 in. (63 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Sir Francis Cook, Bart. (in 1889); sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 1925, lot 321 (as by Flatman, 16gns. to Duits).
Literature
J. J. Foster, Samuel Cooper and the English Miniature Painters of the XVII Century, London, 1914-1916, Supplement, p. 76, no. 503 (as a young man by Samuel Cooper).
J. Murdoch, Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1997, p. 80.
J. Murdoch, Seventeenth-century English Miniatures in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1997, p. 80.
Exhibited
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of portrait miniatures, 1889, case XXVIII, no. 6 (as a gentleman by Samuel Cooper, lent by Sir Francis Cook, Bart.).
Sale room notice
Please note that the sitter is James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610-1688) and not the Duke of Hamilton as identified in the catalogue. For a full discussion on the sitter, please see 'Seventeenth Century English Miniatures in the Colelction of the Victoria and Albert Museum' by John Murdoch, London, 1997, pp. 79-80.
We are grateful to Mrs Hamilton for her help in this identification.
Please note that this miniature is painted on card and not on metal as stated in the catalogue.
We are grateful to Mrs Hamilton for her help in this identification.
Please note that this miniature is painted on card and not on metal as stated in the catalogue.