King Charles (1600-1649), facing right in gilded armour, high white lace ruff, wearing the ribbon of the Order of the Garter around his neck, pointed light brown beard and moustache
Details
PETER OLIVER (c. 1594-1647)
King Charles (1600-1649), facing right in gilded armour, high white lace ruff, wearing the ribbon of the Order of the Garter around his neck, pointed light brown beard and moustache
with monogram signature and date in gold '1626. PO' (lower right)
on vellum laid down on card
oval, 2¼ in. (58 mm.) high, elaborate gold frame with translucent green guilloché enamel border, the reverse enamelled in opaque white on gold, with translucent red enamel reserves on engraved ground
King Charles (1600-1649), facing right in gilded armour, high white lace ruff, wearing the ribbon of the Order of the Garter around his neck, pointed light brown beard and moustache
with monogram signature and date in gold '1626. PO' (lower right)
on vellum laid down on card
oval, 2¼ in. (58 mm.) high, elaborate gold frame with translucent green guilloché enamel border, the reverse enamelled in opaque white on gold, with translucent red enamel reserves on engraved ground
Provenance
Said to have been in the Royal Lodge, Windsor at the time of the death of King George IV.
Julian Senior; (+) Christie's, London, 15 May 1906, lot 98, as 'Henry, Prince of Wales by Peter Oliver' (135gns. to Hodgkins).
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York; (+) Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 185 illustrated (230gns. to Law).
Julian Senior; (+) Christie's, London, 15 May 1906, lot 98, as 'Henry, Prince of Wales by Peter Oliver' (135gns. to Hodgkins).
John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York; (+) Christie's, London, 24 June 1935, lot 185 illustrated (230gns. to Law).
Literature
G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures, the property of J. Pierpont Morgan, London, 1906, I, p. 70, no. 72, illustrated pl. XXXIV, no. 2 and 3.
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr J. Pierpont Morgan's Pictures. The Early Miniatures', I, The Connoisseur, December 1906, vol. XVI, no. LXIV, illustrated p. 208, no. XXI (as Henry Prince of Wales).
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr J. Pierpont Morgan's Pictures. The English Miniatures', II, The Connoisseur, January 1907, vol. XVII, no. LXV, described pp. 5-6 (as 'in a beautiful contemporary English enamel frame').
'In the Auction Rooms - The Morgan Miniatures', The Connoisseur, 1935, vol. XCVI, p. 177.
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr J. Pierpont Morgan's Pictures. The Early Miniatures', I, The Connoisseur, December 1906, vol. XVI, no. LXIV, illustrated p. 208, no. XXI (as Henry Prince of Wales).
G. C. Williamson, 'Mr J. Pierpont Morgan's Pictures. The English Miniatures', II, The Connoisseur, January 1907, vol. XVII, no. LXV, described pp. 5-6 (as 'in a beautiful contemporary English enamel frame').
'In the Auction Rooms - The Morgan Miniatures', The Connoisseur, 1935, vol. XCVI, p. 177.
Exhibited
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Oeuvres d'art du XVIIIe siècle, 1906, 3rd supplement, p. 219, no. 2 (lent by John Pierpont Morgan).