Portrait of George II (1727-1760), three-quarter-length, in military uniform, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter

細節

Gottfried Boy (Frankfurt 1701- after 1748)
Portrait of George II (1727-1760), three-quarter-length, in military uniform, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter
signed and dated 'Peint par Godefr:Boÿ. 1747' (lower left); inscribed 'George II./Magn. Britt. Rex.' (upper left)
oil on canvas
50½ x 38¼ in. (128.2 x 97.1 cm.)

來源

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1967, lot. 36 (£100 to the late owner).

出版

E. Waterhouse, The Dictionary of British 18th Century Painters, Woodbridge, 1981, p. 59.

拍品專文

The son of Peter Boy the Elder, a miniature painter, Gottfried was born in Frankfurt in 1701. He became painter to the English court at Hanover and may also have worked in London for a time. This portrait of George II is the prime original of a type that gained some currency largely due to the sitter's reluctance to sit for his portrait. Boy also painted portraits of Frederick-Christian, Prince Elector of Saxony (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) and Philipp Adolph von Steinburg, the Hanoverian Minister in London (Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1965, lot 35).