Portrait of Sir Robert Filmer, bust-length, wearing a brown coat and black bow-tie

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Attributed to John Michael Wright (1617-1694)
Portrait of Sir Robert Filmer, bust-length, wearing a brown coat and black bow-tie
oil on canvas, oval
27¼ x 24 in. (69.2 x 61 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Sir Robert Filmer (d.1653) was the eldest son of Sir Edward Filmer and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Argall. He was a staunch royalist and suffered greatly during the Civil War. His principal political work, 'Patriarch', was not published until after his death in 1680, but his other well-known treatises on law and government, as well as on usory and witchcraft, were published throughout his lifetime.

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